Resistor Color Code Calculation and Test Lab

This three-page lab is designed to engage middle school science students in the fascinating world of electricity and circuits. It offers two versions: one for four-band resistors and the other for five-band resistors. The student’s mission is to calculate and test the resistance of five unlabeled resistors.

Product features:

• Two lab versions to accommodate resistor variation
• A mission statement
• A thorough description and concise tables that show the numbers affiliated with the colors
• A popular mnemonic for remembering the color order
• Two complete sample problems
• Student answer section

Student groups will need five different four or five-band resistors (not included) and a multimeter (not included). This PDF file will become editable upon conversion to Microsoft Word using Adobe Acrobat. This listing does not include a key due to the wide range of possible answers dependent on the type and order of resistors tested.

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