Timeline for How do I prove to my physics teacher that adding a battery in parallel doesn't double the current?
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| Feb 13, 2018 at 23:35 | comment | added | Kelly S. French | @Acccumulation Thanks! The last part of your comment explains it well enough for me. I'm pretty sure my small town high school's physics class didn't bother with electronics but that probably changed with the inclusion of the topic on those tests, not to mention it's been decades since I was in high school. Maybe that teacher was in the same boat and is being forced to cover material that wasn't taught in her day. No excuse for her behavior but at least makes it more understandable. | |
| Feb 13, 2018 at 21:33 | comment | added | Acccumulation | @KellyS.French This is hardly a large amount of detail. It's one voltage source away from being literally the simplest possible circuit. The reasons electrical circuits is being taught in a physics class is because electrical circuits are part of physics. And they are covered on the Physics SAT II and Physics AP test. | |
| Feb 9, 2018 at 20:35 | comment | added | ChosunOne | Electronics come under the umbrella of physics, so it doesn't surprise me that a physics teacher is covering electronics. I'd probably agree that it's time to give up on correcting someone who is convinced she's right, if this were a conversation at a party. But this is a teacher, who will continue to spread this misconception and hinder understanding to every new class until she's corrected. And teachers need students who notice when material is in error and bring it to their attention. Perhaps your teacher will realize she needs more foundation in basic electronics. | |
| Feb 9, 2018 at 20:00 | comment | added | Kelly S. French | I have to ask why the teacher is going into this much detail of electronics during a physics class. This seems way into the weeds when there are plenty of other topics to cover. The kicker is that she seems uninterested in using Ohm's law to illustrate the lesson. I'd have to agree that there may not be any use to trying to correct her. I like the demonstration approach, just don't let it be misconstrued as a bomb like what happened in Irving, Tx. Bring it disassembled and connect it for the demo, then disassemble it again. | |
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| Feb 9, 2018 at 13:31 | history | answered | ChosunOne | CC BY-SA 3.0 |