Electricity and Magnetism

Having introduced the basic elements of the electric circuit model, attention is now turned to measuring electric currents. It...

Classroom Activity 11-14

Having introduced what is involved in measuring electric currents, the pupils are now given the opportunity to make some...

Classroom Activity 11-14

We suggest that you use parts of the circuits here to allow your class to concentrate on two aspects of the behaviour of...

Classroom Activity 11-14

This practical activity offers pupils the opportunity to build a simple parallel circuit and to take current measurements at...

Classroom Activity 11-14

The idea that the electric current is a measure of how much charge passes per unit time can be quite challenging for pupils...

Teaching Guidance 11-14

These diagnostic questions can be used to check pupils' understanding of electric current.

Diagnostic Questions 11-14

Challenge your students to think about making conducting circuits in seasonal/non-seasonal shapes, using circuit components.

Practical Activity 5-11 11-14

The use of the symbol "I" for current arises from a historical French term. In the 1820s, André-Marie Ampère labelled the flow...

Stories from Physics 11-14 14-16

Ampère’s father was a follower of Jean-Jacques Rosseau’s model of education whereby students learn from nature rather than...

Stories from Physics 11-14 14-16

Ampère’s life was marred by tragedy – his father was guillotined for being on the wrong side of the French Revolution and his...

Stories from Physics 11-14 14-16

One of the first estimates of the speed of travel of electrical currents was made from a bizarre experiment carried out by the...

Stories from Physics 11-14 14-16

Italian physicist Luigi Galvani’s experiments with frogs’ legs, which demonstrated the link between electrical current and the...

Stories from Physics 11-14 14-16