Electrical Circuit
Electricity and Magnetism
Keep emphasising charge is in the wires already
Teaching Guidance
for 11-14
Don't use a model that suggests charged particles come from the battery
It's very easy to say;
Teacher: a current of 1.4 ampere flows from the supply
or
Teacher: a current of 1.4 ampere is drawn from the supply
.
Once again these words imply that the current originates in the battery and it is better to say something like
Teacher Tip: There is a current of 1.4 ampere in the wires of the big loop and in the supply.
