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
Electricity and Magnetism | Energy and Thermal Physics Misconceptions
RESEARCH REVIEW Electricity and Magnetism

Many pupils predict incorrectly that two resistors in parallel will have a larger resistance than each resistor alone

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RESEARCH REVIEW Electricity and Magnetism

Many pupils 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

Many students are unable to predict whether a potential difference will arise (‘be induced’) between two points of a wire that is moving in a described way in a magnetic field

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