Electrical Circuit
Electricity and Magnetism

Kitset of the main ideas in the topic Electric Circuits

Teaching Guidance for 11-14 Supporting Physics Teaching

Electric circuits kitset
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Electrical Circuit
Electricity and Magnetism Supporting Physics Teaching

Testing understanding: adding lamps in series

These diagnostic questions can be used to check pupils' understanding of lamps in series.

Diagnostic Questions 11-14

Electrical Circuit
Electricity and Magnetism Supporting Physics Teaching

The charged particles are always there - what ru...

When a battery is first connected to a bulb, the bulb warms up and lights up the surroundings. It is clear that something must...

Physics Narrative 11-14

Electrical Circuit
Electricity and Magnetism Supporting Physics Teaching

Batteries, cells and energy stores

In 1791, Luigi Galvani, an Italian physiologist, laid out a frog on a metal table prior to dissecting it. As he sliced through...

Physics Narrative 11-14

Misconceptions
RESEARCH REVIEW Electricity and Magnetism

Few students can clearly distinguish the ideas of electric current and potential difference

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RESEARCH REVIEW Electricity and Magnetism

Many students see circuit behaviour as a sequence of causes and effects, rather than seeing the whole circuit as an interacting system

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RESEARCH REVIEW Electricity and Magnetism

Some students hold a 'consumer-source' model of the simple circuit

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