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Home > AP Courses and Exams > Course Home Pages > Current, Resistance, Power Current, Resistance, Power More About Electricity and Magnetism... Charge, Field, and Potential Coulomb's Law and Field and Potential of Point Charges Fields and Potentials of Other Charge Distributions Gauss's Law and Electrostatics with Conductors Capacitors Dielectrics Steady-State Direct Current Circuits Capacitors in Circuits Forces on Moving Charges in Magnetic Fields Forces on Current-Carrying Wires in Magnetic Fields Wire Fields; Biot-Savart and Ampere's Law Electromagnetic Induction Inductance and Maxwell's Equations Demonstrations Each of the demonstrations includes a picture, description, suggestion of use, equipment needed, and the approximate setup time. Non-Ohmic Device This demonstration shows the change in resistance of a light bulb with temperature.   Non-Ohmic Device Hot Dog Cooker This demonstration illustrates the conversion of electrical energy into heat energy.   Hot Dog Cooker Lecture Notes and Tutorials Resistance, Wattage, Brightness These notes from PhysicsLAB by Catherine H. Colwell contain detailed explanations of background material, annotated diagrams and illustrations, and solved examples.   Resistance, Wattage, Brightness Explorations Resistance This site from Florida State University includes resistance, factors affecting resistance, types of resistors, resistors in series and parallel, and electric power with excellent interactive simulations.   Resistance Misconceptions in "Electricity" This site from the Science Education Centre includes explanations for common student misconceptions.   Misconceptions in "Electricity" See also... AP Physics Web Guide AP Physics B Course Home Page AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism Course Home Page AP Physics C: Mechanics Course Home Page Teachers' Resources

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