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--- 184_projects:design_defib_24 [2024/02/03 20:08] – tdeyoung
+++ 184_projects:design_defib_24 [2024/02/09 21:26] (current) – dmcpadden
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-==== Project: Design a Defib ====
+===== Project: Design a Defib =====
+==== Kick Off Questions ====
+  - What is a switch in a circuit? How does a switch work?
+  - Draw the circuit diagram for charging a capacitor. Draw the circuit diagram for discharging a capacitor. (Hint: these are in the readings.) Can you draw a single circuit diagram for both charging and discharging using a switch?
+  - What is a capacitor? How does a capacitor "charge"? How does a capacitor "discharge"?
+==== Main Problem ====
 Your team was able to shut down the hawkion accelerator before it could blow itself up, and possibly take Lakeview with it.  But the beam dump that absorbed the hawkions is now highly radioactive.  You need to put shielding around it before it irradiates everyone at the lab, but no one can go near it.
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-=== Learning Goals/Conceptual Questions ===
+=== Learning Goals ===
-  - Explain why you would want to use a capacitor for a defibrillator? Why would you not just connect the paddles to a battery?
   - Explain how a capacitor charges and discharges.
-  - Explain why you would add a resistor to charging/discharging capacitor circuit.
-  - Draw the circuit diagram for charging the capacitor. Draw the circuit diagram for discharging the capacitor. Can you draw a single circuit diagram for both charging and discharging using a switch? Where is I.A.N. in the circuit?
   - Draw V vs t, Q vs t, and I vs t graphs for both charging and discharging circuits.
-  - Explain what the difference is between a capacitor that is "initially connected" versus one that has been hooked up for "a long time"
   - Calculate the dimensions/size needed to build a capacitor with the desired capacitance.
   - Summarize equations that we know for both resistors and now capacitors.
   - Explain what changes about your capacitor when you have a dielectric
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+==== Wrap Up Questions ====
+  - Explain why you would want to use a capacitor for a defibrillator? Why would you not just connect the paddles to a battery?
+  - Explain why you would add a resistor to charging/discharging capacitor circuit.
+  - How do defibrillators work in real life? Would this actually work as a defibrillator? (Evaluate the model!)
+  - How does a dielectric work? Should dielectrics be insulators or conductors? Why?
+  - What is the the difference is between a capacitor that is "initially connected" versus one that has been hooked up for "a long time"?