Resistance in a Wire

Resistance in a Wire Screenshot
  • Resistivity
  • Resistance
  • Circuits
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Topics

  • Resistivity
  • Resistance
  • Circuits

Description

Observe changes to the equation and wire as you play with the resistivity, length, and area sliders.

Sample Learning Goals

  • Predict how changing each variable will affect the resistance.
  • Explain the difference between resistance and resistivity.
Version 1.6.9

Teacher Tips

Download teacher tips PDF Overview of sim controls, model simplifications, and insights into student thinking ( PDF ).

Teacher-Submitted Activities

Resistance in a Wire Remote Lab A gold star indicates high-quality, inquiry-based activities that follow the PhET design guidelines. This contribution was designed by PhET. Trish Loeblein HS
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Basic Electricity: short inquiry activities includes ideas for several sims A gold star indicates high-quality, inquiry-based activities that follow the PhET design guidelines. This contribution was designed by PhET. Trish Loeblein UG-Intro
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Resistance in a Wire A gold star indicates high-quality, inquiry-based activities that follow the PhET design guidelines. Elyse Zimmer HS Lab Physics
How do PhET simulations fit in my middle school program? This contribution was designed by PhET. Sarah Borenstein MS Other Physics
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Resistance and Resistivity Mohammad Mansour UG-Intro
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Simple trends in resistor structure Jordan Harrison UG-Intro Guided Physics
Mapping of PhET and IBDP Physics Jaya Ramchandani HS Other Physics
MS and HS TEK to Sim Alignment Elyse Zimmer MS
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Resistance of wire SK Gupta, Chaithra Navada, Sanjana Acharya HS Lab Physics
Resistivity Worksheet Linda Detwiler HS
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De Resistencia y Ley de Ohm A gold star indicates high-quality, inquiry-based activities that follow the PhET design guidelines. This contribution was designed by PhET. Trish Loeblein (traducción Diana López) MS
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Preguntas de razonamiento para todas las simulaciones HTML5 A gold star indicates high-quality, inquiry-based activities that follow the PhET design guidelines. This contribution was designed by PhET. Diana López MS
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SECUNDARIA: Alineación PhET con programas de la SEP México (2011 y 2017) This contribution was designed by PhET. Diana López HS
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PREPARATORIA: Alineación de PhET con programas de la DGB México (2017) This contribution was designed by PhET. Diana López UG-Intro
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Resistance of wire SK Gupta, Chaithra Navada, Sanjana Acharya, Vaibhav Gupta HS Lab Physics
sperimenta e rispondi giuliana lo giudice HS Lab
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Resistência de um fio condutor Filipa Batalha HS HW
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Eletrodinâmica (Atividades) nos OA's do PhET Artur Araújo Cavalcante e Gilvandenys Leite Sales HS
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Atividades sobre Eletricidade nos OA's do PhET Artur Araújo Cavalcante e Gilvandenys Leite Sales MS
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2ª Lei de Ohm no "Resistance in a Wire (HTML5)" Artur Araújo Cavalcante e Gilvandenys Leite Sales MS
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Laboratorio Virtual basado en el Aprendizaje Activo de la Física para abordar la Ley de Ohm y la Resistencia en un elemento conductor Diego Fernando Becerra Rodríguez UG-Adv
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Language Download or Run Tips
Albanian All shqip Run now Rezistenca e telit
Amharic All Amharic Run now مقاومت در یک سيم
Arabic All العربية Run now مقاومة سلك
Arabic (Saudi Arabia) All العربية (السعودية) Run now مقاومة سلك
Azerbaijani All Azerbaijani Run now Naqilin müqaviməti
Basque All Euskara Run now Kable-erresistentzia
Belarusian All беларускі Run now Супраціўленне правадніка
Bosnian All Bosanski Run now Otpornost žice
Bulgarian All български Run now Съпротивление на проводник
Chinese (Simplified) All 中文 (中国) Run now 电线的电阻
Chinese (Traditional) All 中文 (台灣) Run now Resistance in a Wire_電線的電阻
Croatian All hrvatski Run now Električna otpornost vodiča
Czech All čeština Run now Odpor drátu
Danish All Dansk Run now Modstand i en tråd
Dutch All Nederlands Run now Weerstand van een draad
Estonian All Eesti Run now Juhtme takistus
Finnish All suomi Run now Resistanssi johtimessa
French All français Run now Résistance dans un fil
Galician All Gallegan Run now Resistencia nun fío
Georgian All ქართული Run now გამტარის წინაღობა
German All Deutsch Run now Widerstand in einem Kabel
Greek All Ελληνικά Run now Αντίσταση σε καλώδιο
Hebrew All עברית Run now התנגדות בתיל
Hindi All हिंदी Run now तार में प्रतिरोध 
Hungarian All magyar Run now Vezeték ellenállása
Indonesian All Bahasa Indonesia Run now Resistansi Konduktor
Irish All Gaeilge Run now Frithbheartaíocht I Sreang
Italian All italiano Run now Resistenza in un cavo elettrico
Japanese All 日本語 Run now 導線の電気抵抗
Kannada All Kannada Run now ವೈರಿನ ರೋಧಕತೆ
Kazakh All Kazakh Run now Resistance in a Wire
Korean All 한국어 Run now 전선의 저항
Latvian All Latviešu Run now Pretestība vadā
Macedonian All македонски Run now Отпорност на жица
Malayalam All Malayalam Run now ചാലകത്തിന്റെ പ്രതിരോധം
Maori All Maori Run now parenga iahiko o tētahi waea
Marathi All मराठी Run now तारेमधील रोध
Mongolian All Монгол (Монгол) Run now Дамжуулагчийн Эсэргүүцэл
Norwegian Bokmal All Norsk bokmål Run now Motstand i lederen
Oriya All Oriya Run now ପରିବାହି ର ପ୍ରତିରୋଧ
Persian All فارسی Run now مقاومت یک سیم
Polish All polski Run now Rezystancja przewodnika
Portuguese All português Run now Resistência num condutor
Portuguese (Brazil) All português (Brasil) Run now Resistência em um Fio Download teacher tips PDF
Romanian All română Run now Rezistenta intr-un cablu
Russian All русский Run now Сопротивление проводника от его геометрических параметров
Serbian All Српски Run now Омов закон (отпор линијског проводника)
Sinhalese All Sinhalese Run now කම්බියක ප්‍රතිරෝධය
Slovak All Slovenčina Run now Elektrický odpor vodiča
Slovenian All Slovenščina Run now Upornost v žici
Spanish All español Run now Resistencia en un alambre Download teacher tips PDF
Spanish (Mexico) All español (México) Run now Resistencia en un cable Download teacher tips PDF
Spanish (Peru) All español (Perú) Run now Resistencia en un Alambre
Swahili All Swahili Run now Waya ya Upinzani
Swedish All svenska Run now Resistans i en ledare
Tamil All Tamil Run now வடமொன்றில் தடையம்
Tibetan All Tibetan Run now གློག་སྐུད་ནང་གི་གློག་འགོག
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Turkmen All Turkmen Run now Simde bolan elektrik garşylyk
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