Electronics CPU Objectives
Activity 1
1-1. Discover how to navigate through a lesson
delivered through Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI).
1-2. Identify CAI page types and lesson structure.
1-3. Compare the conveniences electronics provide to
the complications involved in operating them.
Activity 2
2-1. Examine the basic components of electricity.
2-2. Discover ways in which electricity is being
researched.
2-3. Identify how electricity can be used in
technologies that improve our standard of living.
2-4. Describe some modern advancements electronics
have provided.
Activity 3
3-1. Understand the nature and effects of electric
shock.
3-2 Recognize how to prevent electrical hazards.
3-3. Identify different types of electrical shock
injuries.
3-4. Explain which safety regulations you believe
are most effective.
Activity 4
4-1. Discover how safety procedures affect the
career of an electrical line repairer.
4-2. Define and identify the components of
electronics.
4-3. Describe the four groups that comprise the
study of electronics.
4-4. Describe some electronic inventions that have
become important enough that they are necessary today.
Activity 5
5-1. Define direct current (DC).
5-2. Explain how direct current affects a circuit.
5-3. Identify applications for direct current.
5-4. Define alternating current (AC).
5-5. Explain how alternating current affects a
circuit.
5-6. Identify applications for alternating current.
5-7. Discuss possible reasons why it takes five
times the amount of DC current to freeze the body than AC current.
Activity 6
6-1. Describe analog electronics.
6-2. Summarize how analog affects a circuit.
6-3. Identify applications of analog components.
6-4. Define digital electronics.
6-5. Identify how digital affects a circuit.
6-6. Recognize applications of digital components.
6-7. Describe some modern devices that have gone
from analog to digital, as well as some analog devices that could or
should be updated to digital.
Activity 7
7-1. Combine knowledge of direct current,
alternating current, analog, and digital electronics to complete a
task.
7-2. Complete the Electronic Rooster card project.
7-3. Describe the difficulty or ease of working with
electronic components for the Electronic Rooster project.
Activity 8
8-1. Discover how magnetism affects our world.
8-2. Explain the role of electromagnetism in shaping
modern technology.
8-3. Define magnetism.
8-4. List the characteristics of magnets.
8-5. Explore the laws of magnetic attraction and
repulsion.
8-6. Identify electromagnetism.
8-7. Recognize the characteristics of
electromagnets.
8-8. Describe the operation of electronic devices
that use electromagnets.
8-9. Explain the roles magnetism and
electromagnetism play in our society.
Activity 9
9-1. Identify the quantities measured by multimeters.
9-2. Recognize different types of multimeters.
9-3. Describe the sections of a multimeter.
9-4. Research commercial fields that use high-level
electronics.
9-5. Discuss other career fields that incorporate
electronics, as well as some that might do so in the future.
Activity 10
10-1. Summarize the functions of a car audio
system’s crossover and amplifiers.
10-2. Distinguish the different types of speakers
and the function of each type.
10-3. Investigate some of the reasons for upgrading
a car audio system.
10-4. Discuss the audio system components of a
family car.
Activity 11
11-1. Describe the steps in designing a car audio
system.
11-2. Determine the basic equipment needed to
upgrade a car audio system.
11-3. Explore car audio system installation
procedures.
11-4. Explain the specific changes necessary for a
real car audio upgrade.
Activity 12
12-1. Complete the wiring of a simulated car audio
system.
12-2.Test the simulated car audio system.
12-3. Discuss how comfortable or uncomfortable you
would be replacing a real car audio system.
Activity 13
13-1. Continue working on challenges to meet several
high-level problem-solving objectives.
13-2. Explain your reasons for choosing the
challenge you chose.
Activity 14
14-1. Continue working on challenges to meet several
high-level problem-solving objectives.
14-2. Examine the usefulness of the resources you’ve
used in your challenge.
Activity 15
15-1. Select appropriate vocabulary terms based on
the definitions provided.
15-2.Test your comprehension of concepts gained
during this course.
15-3. State and explain your opinion of the
Electronics CPU.
The objectives for the challenges in
Activity 11 through Activity 15 of this CPU include:
Challenge 1
You will conduct research on a career of your choice in the electronics
field. Share your findings in a presentation.
Challenge 2
Conduct research on car audio competitions. Share
your findings in a presentation.
Challenge 3
Conduct research on a pioneer of your choice in the
electronics field. Share your findings in a presentation.
Challenge 4
Design an upgrade for an existing analog electronics
product to incorporate digital electronics instead.
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