- Virtual 4-H SPIN Club - Investigating Electricity - Join Hamilton County 4-H Volunteer Dean Rettig for the “Investigating Electricity” Virtual Special Interest (SPIN) Club! Tuesday's and Thursday's June 2-18 from 6:30-8:00 p.m. Click here to register: https://osu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_beLF8Kl32cA7AEt
Session 1 - Introduction; Going back and forth (galvanometer - AC vs DC)
Session 2 - The Electric Detective’s Most Important Tool (Intro to Multi-Meter / volt-ohm meter); To Flow or Not To Flow (conductors vs insulators)
Session 3 - Ohm's Law (water bottle / garden hose demo); Decoding Circuit diagrams (Into to Circuit diagrams)
Session 4 - Case of the Series Circuit - measuring voltages across items in series circuit; Case of the Parallel Circuit
Session 5 - Circuit Sense - more complicated circuits diagrams; Short Circuits
Session 6 - Making a 3-way switch
Equipment List: Amazon Wish List: Volt/Ohm meter aka Multi-meter; AA or D batteries; battery holder; paper clips; 22 or 24 gauge wire; compass; cardboard; flashlight bulb; bulb holder