Idea list for videos


  • Demo Oersted’s discovery using a compass
  • Attempt to make it quantitative rather than just an indicator
    • Expect failure on that
  • Reproduce Ohm’s torsion galvanometer, with calibration
  • Build a d’Arsenval meter and calibrate it
  • Reproduce Ohm’s experiments with different lengths of identical wire
    • Use AAA batteries in various combinations for Voltage
    • Use a consistent set of wire lengths
    • So resistance is proportional to wire length
    • voltage is roughly 1.5V per AAA cell
    • Current is measured by meter
    • Make a graph
    • Calculate
    • Create my own units.
      • Voltage = # AAA cells
      • Resistance = length of wire
      • Current = degrees offset by meter
    • Prove Ohm’s law with the new units

Piece of cake.