Proving OHM’s Law 

(Bread Board Circuit) 

Anmol Dulku 

TIJ1O0C 

October 18, 2019 

 

Prepared for Mr. SHAW 

 

 
INTRODUCTION 

The purpose of this experiment was to prove the OHM’s law and test it on a breadboard. 
Another purpose was to learn how a breadboard works and how to make a proper 
circuit and how to work it. Another purpose was so we learn how different resistors 
affect the brightness of the LED.   

MATERIALS 

1. Breadboard 
2. 6 pieces of wire(could need more if you mess up) 
3. 3 LED lights 
4. 3 resistors (one 100oms, one 1000oms, and one 5000oms) 

TOOLS  

1. Wire stripper 
2. Nose plier 

PROCEDURE 

1. First of all, you need to get your breadboard 

2. Secondly, you will need to cut 6 pieces of wire (Small ones). 
3. Thirdly you will need to just get 3 resistors (one 100oms, one 1000oms, and one 
5000oms). 
4. Then put the first wire on the positive side, and move it down to the middle of the 
breadboard. 
5. Put a resistor of ??? oms (100oms, 1000oms, 5000oms) connecting below the wire 
you have already put in. 
6. Then put an LED light just below where the resistor was put in. 
7. Then add another wire just below where the LED wire was placed, to the negative 
side on the bottom of the breadboard. 
8. Then repeat this process 2 more times so you have three circuits. 
9. Now just plug in the source of electricity (battery, outlet etc.) and enjoy. 

  

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 Results 

Light #1 (L1) : On the left (5000oms) 

Light #2(L2) : Middle (1000oms) 

Light #3 (L3) : On the right (100oms) 

Calculations  Light #1 Light #2 Light #3

A=V÷R  A= V÷R  A= V÷R  A= V÷R 

A= 5÷100  A= 5÷1000  A= 5÷5000 
A= 0.05  A= 0.005  A= 0.001 
     
Therefore Light #1  Therefore Light #2 has  Therefore Light #3 
has 0.05 amps going  0.005 amps going  has 0.001 amps going 
through it.  through it.  through it. 

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RESULTS 

The results are just as planned and the whole experiment went through good and it all 
worked out. The results were that the circuit with the 100oms resistor was the brightest, 
the circuit with 1000oms was fairly bright and the resistor with 10,000 oms was not 
really bright and you can not see the light too good. So in the end, if there is less 
resistance there is more light because if there is less resistance there are more electrons 
going through the light/LED. 

DISCUSSION 

Question #1: Did it go as planned? 

Answer: Yes, it all went as planned because all I wanted to experiment was that if the resistor has higher resistance 
the light will be really dim and if it has a really low resistance it will be really bright. 

Question #2: Why did different resistors affect the brightness on the light/LED? 

Answer: The resistors affect the brightness of the light/LED because if there is more resistance there will be fewer 
electrons flowing through the light/LED and if there is less resistance more electrons will go through the light/LED 
and make the light/LED brighter.  

Question #3: Did you come across any problems while making this circuit work? How did you fix them? 

Answer: Yes, I did come across some problems, for example, I had one circuit that was perfect but the light was not 
working even though it was done all right, the problem was that the light/LED was burned out. So to solve that 
problem I simply just put a new light/LED in and it was up and running good. Another problem that I had was having 
was putting in the wires into the breadboard, the wires were not touching the bottom of the breadboard. So to solve 
this problem I just simply just stripped the wire a little more so it touches the bottom and it worked just as planned. 

  

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Question #4: What have I learned? 

Answer: I learned a lot of things for example that if there is more resistance the light/LED will be less bright and if 
there is less resistence the light/LED will be brighter. I have also learned how to make a proper circuit on a 
breadboard and how the electrons move through the breadboard. I have also learned how to calculate the voltage, 
amperage and resistance from the triangle. I have also learned more about real-life while Mr.Shaw was talking, for 
example, how much voltage and amperage each house gets and how much voltage or amps we use in our house.   

CONCLUSION 

So, in conclusion, this whole “Proving OHM’s Law” experiment want really smoothly and 
it was successful for the most part. I think that I have learned a lot from this experiment 
and it was a lot of fun doing this whole experiment. So the result, in the end, is that the 
higher the resistance the lower the brightness of the light/LED. 

THE END OF THE lAB

REPORT!

BY: ANMOL DULKU

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