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Electronics

Electric Circuits Curriculum – Volume 4

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This week we feature this excellent series of SIX ebooks all about electricity and electric circuits, which together comprise a complete course in electronics for jr. high – college age students. Well done lessons, starting with very basic and simple electronics concepts and developing them through advanced electronics applications, with lots of hands-on activities along the way… including a full volume of experiments! If you have an older student who is interested in electronics, this is an amazing resource you’ll want to have. All are downloadable in PDF format!

Today’s volume covers all the basics – both beginner and advanced – of Digital Circuits and includes the following chapters:

Chapter 1: NUMERATION SYSTEMS
Chapter 2: BINARY ARITHMETIC
Chapter 3: LOGIC GATES
Chapter 4: SWITCHES
Chapter 5: ELECTROMECHANICAL RELAYS
Chapter 6: LADDER LOGIC
Chapter 7: BOOLEAN ALGEBRA
Chapter 8: KARNAUGH MAPPING
Chapter 9: COMBINATIONAL LOGIC FUNCTIONS
Chapter 10: MULTIVIBRATORS
Chapter 11: SEQUENTIAL CIRCUITS ***INCOMPLETE***
Chapter 12: SHIFT REGISTERS
Chapter 13: DIGITAL-ANALOG CONVERSION
Chapter 14: DIGITAL COMMUNICATION
Chapter 15: DIGITAL STORAGE (MEMORY)
Chapter 16: PRINCIPLES OF DIGITAL COMPUTING

To download this PDF ebook on a PC, RIGHT CLICK HERE and “save link” to your computer. Mac users, press the “control” key then click the link and save to your mac.

Electronics

Electric Circuits Curriculum – Volume Three

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This week we feature this excellent series of SIX ebooks all about electricity and electric circuits, which together comprise a complete course in electronics for jr. high – college age students. Well done lessons, starting with very basic and simple electronics concepts and developing them through advanced electronics applications, with lots of hands-on activities along the way… including a full volume of experiments! If you have an older student who is interested in electronics, this is an amazing resource you’ll want to have. All are downloadable in PDF format!

Today’s volume covers all the basics – both beginner and advanced – of Semiconductors and includes the following chapters:

Chapter 1: AMPLIFIERS AND ACTIVE DEVICES
Chapter 2: SOLID-STATE DEVICE THEORY
Chapter 3: DIODES AND RECTIFIERS
Chapter 4: BIPOLAR JUNCTION TRANSISTORS
Chapter 5: JUNCTION FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTORS ***INCOMPLETE***
Chapter 6: INSULATED-GATE FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTORS ***INCOMPLETE***
Chapter 7: THYRISTORS
Chapter 8: OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIERS
Chapter 9: PRACTICAL ANALOG SEMICONDUCTOR CIRCUITS ***INCOMPLETE***
Chapter 10: ACTIVE FILTERS ***PENDING***
Chapter 11: DC MOTOR DRIVES ***PENDING***
Chapter 12: INVERTERS AND AC MOTOR DRIVES ***PENDING***
Chapter 13: ELECTRON TUBES

To download this PDF ebook on a PC, RIGHT CLICK HERE and “save link” to your computer. Mac users, press the “control” key then click the link and save to your mac.

Electronics

Electric Circuits Curriculum – Volume Two

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This week we feature this excellent series of SIX ebooks all about electricity and electric circuits, which together comprise a complete course in electronics for jr. high – college age students. Well done lessons, starting with very basic and simple electronics concepts and developing them through advanced electronics applications, with lots of hands-on activities along the way… including a full volume of experiments! If you have an older student who is interested in electronics, this is an amazing resource you’ll want to have. All are downloadable in PDF format!

Today’s volume covers all the basics – both beginner and advanced – of Alternating Current (AC) and includes the following chapters:

Chapter 1: BASIC AC THEORY
Chapter 2: COMPLEX NUMBERS
Chapter 3: REACTANCE AND IMPEDANCE — INDUCTIVE
Chapter 4: REACTANCE AND IMPEDANCE — CAPACITIVE
Chapter 5: REACTANCE AND IMPEDANCE — R, L, AND C
Chapter 6: RESONANCE
Chapter 7: MIXED-FREQUENCY AC SIGNALS
Chapter 8: FILTERS
Chapter 9: TRANSFORMERS
Chapter 10: POLYPHASE AC CIRCUITS
Chapter 11: POWER FACTOR
Chapter 12: AC METERING CIRCUITS
Chapter 13: AC MOTORS
Chapter 14: TRANSMISSION LINES

To download this PDF ebook on a PC, RIGHT CLICK HERE and “save link” to your computer. Mac users, press the “control” key then click the link and save to your mac.

Electronics

A Complete Electronics Curriculum – Volume One

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This week we feature this excellent series of SIX ebooks all about electricity and electric circuits, which together comprise a complete course in electronics for jr. high – college age students. Well done lessons, starting with very basic and simple electronics concepts and developing them through advanced electronics applications, with lots of hands-on activities along the way… including a full volume of experiments! If you have an older student who is interested in electronics, this is an amazing resource you’ll want to have. All are downloadable in PDF format!

Today’s volume covers all the basics – both beginner and advanced – of Direct Current (DC) and includes the following chapters:

Chapter 1: BASIC CONCEPTS OF ELECTRICITY
Chapter 2: OHM’S LAW
Chapter 3: ELECTRICAL SAFETY
Chapter 4: SCIENTIFIC NOTATION AND METRIC PREFIXES
Chapter 5: SERIES AND PARALLEL CIRCUITS
Chapter 6: DIVIDER CIRCUITS AND KIRCHHOFF’S LAWS
Chapter 7: SERIES-PARALLEL COMBINATION CIRCUITS
Chapter 8: DC METERING CIRCUITS
Chapter 9: ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENTATION SIGNALS
Chapter 10: DC NETWORK ANALYSIS
Chapter 11: BATTERIES AND POWER SYSTEMS
Chapter 12: THE PHYSICS OF CONDUCTORS AND INSULATORS
Chapter 13: CAPACITORS
Chapter 14: MAGNETISM AND ELECTROMAGNETISM
Chapter 15: INDUCTORS
Chapter 16: RC AND L/R TIME CONSTANTS

To download this PDF ebook on a PC, RIGHT CLICK HERE and “save link” to your computer. Mac users, press the “control” key then click the link and save to your mac.

History

Children of Ancient Rome

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Here’s a classic story/history book set in the early years of ancient Rome, providing a fascinating view of that civilization’s early history, through the eyes of children growing up in that historic era. A fascinating mix of Roman history, legends and lore… it really makes ancient Roman history come alive – especially from a young person’s perspective.

This PDF is a scanned copy of the original book, and so is best viewed on a computer.

To download this PDF ebook, RIGHT CLICK HERE then “save link” to your computer. Mac users, press the “control” key then click the link and save to your mac.

History

The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere

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Paul Revere, famous American revolution patriot, is most remembered today for his night-time ride before the battles of Lexington and Concord. His famous “Midnight ride” took place on the night of April 18, 1775 – exactly 244 years ago next Thursday. William Dawes and Revere were instructed by Dr. Joseph Warren to ride from Boston to Lexington to warn John Hancock and Samuel Adams of the movements of the British Army. Today’s  resources celebrate both the man and the events of that night.

Listen My Children (MP3 audio) – FIRST UP up this a great half hour audio story about Revere’s life and influence,including the events of that fateful night, as originally dramatized on the radio program “Cavalcade of America”, in December, 1952.

CLICK HERE to listen to this MP3 audio program!

“Listen My Children” Listening Guide (PDF ebooklet) -NEXT you’ll want to use our PDF “Listening Guide” that accompanies the audio program.

CLICK HERE to read or download the PDF listening guide.

Paul Revere’s Ride (MP3 audio) – Finally, we have a SECOND classic audio for you… a great dramatic reading of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s classic poem, “Paul Revere’s Ride” as performed by Frederic March. This is an excellent dramatic reading of this classic American poem and runs about 10 minutes.

CLICK HERE to listen to “Paul Revere’s Ride”!

Just for Fun

Dinosaur Mazes & more

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KrazyDad.com offers dozens and dozens of collections of easy (and not-so-easy) mazes that you can print out for your kids.

These come in handy downloadable PDF ebooks containing 12 mazes per ebook and include collections of geometric shaped mazes, animal shaped mazes, and yes, even Dinosaur shaped mazes. Dinosaur shaped mazes! It doesn’t get any better than that! These are great “thinking puzzles” that keep young hands busy for extended periods of time.

CLICK HERE to go to the website

Arts & Crafts, History

History Crafts

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FirstPalette.com is a free children’s craft site, with hundreds of colorful step-by-step craft projects for young students.

If you search a bit (mainly under the category “World and Culture” which we link to here), you’ll find a couple dozen neat history-oriented craft projects, including the Egyptian hieroglyphic stones, Roman helmets, Chinese art scrolls, Medieval Crowns, and many more. These would be great to do when studying different historic eras or other countries.

CLICK HERE to go to the site!

Art Instruction

The ABC’s of Art

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AwesomeArtists.com is a delightful art instruction site by “Mo” M.C. Gillis  that offers a collection of downloadable lesson ebooks & guides that are lots of fun for young artists who want to learn some basic principles behind art.

The ABC’s of Art ebook from this site is a really nice introduction to the basics of line, shape, color theory and more. This PDF is the first in the series of ebook links you will find on the site. There’s lot’s more great resources on this site too, so do a little exploring and see what all you can find.

CLICK HERE to go to the website!

 

Physics

Physics & Science Fair Experiments

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Today we feature these neat collections of physics experiments & demonstrations for kids, from Real World Physics Problems.com. This site contains lots of interesting physics problems, complete with solutions, taken from real world applications — but today we are pointing you to the “hands-on” fun stuff:

First is a collection of fun and interesting science experiments which kids of all ages can do at home. These are fun experiments which are easy to do and don’t require a lot of time. These experiments are mostly physics based. Click here for the experiments for kids.

Then, on their Science Fair Project page, you will find several ideas for cool science fair projects for kids of all ages. These projects are particularly interesting because they have practical relevance in real life, and you can use common everyday materials to create them. Click here to view them.