Electricity and Magnetism | Energy and Thermal Physics

Kitset of the main ideas in the topic Electricity and Energy

Teaching Guidance for 14-16 Supporting Physics Teaching

Electricity and Energy kitset
Misconceptions
RESEARCH REVIEW Electricity and Magnetism

Some students have differing ideas about what is happening in the wires of an electric circuit when it is working

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RESEARCH REVIEW Electricity and Magnetism

Few students are able to use the idea of potential to explain or predict observations about simple circuits

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RESEARCH REVIEW Electricity and Magnetism

Many students are confused by the idea of conventional current

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