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Electricity and Magnetism | Energy and Thermal Physics

Pathways through the topic Electricity and Energy

Teaching Guidance for 14-16 Supporting Physics Teaching

Electricity and Energy pathways
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RESEARCH REVIEW Electricity and Magnetism

Many students cannot identify reliably when two different circuit diagrams are/are not showing the same circuit

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RESEARCH REVIEW Electricity and Magnetism

Many students are slow to adopt the idea of magnetic poles and only gradually come to see magnetic effects in terms of attraction of unlike poles and repulsion of like poles

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RESEARCH REVIEW Electricity and Magnetism

Many students think that a battery supplies the same current, regardless of the circuit in which it is used

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