It is often up to a teacher and a particular class to decide what equipment to use to introduce electric circuits.

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At some point during the early teaching of electric circuits, students will want to know what an electric current is. Indeed...

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Distinguishing–eliciting–connecting. How to:

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This episode builds on the SPT: Electric circuits topic, focusing on current in a single electrical loop.

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The following question, about the idea of electrical resistance, was set to a group of students after their 11–14 teaching...

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The following question, relating to the effect of increasing the number of cells in a circuit, was set to a group of students...

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The students' answers to these three diagnostic questions are thought-provoking. In general terms the students are able to...

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An absolutely fundamental point in coming to understand electric circuits is that when a circuit is completed the electric...

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The key point for the student to get hold of here is that, so long as the current is not large enough to make the bulb fail...

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You might try using the term loop interchangeably with circuit .

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Electric circuits provide lots of learning challenges for students as they come to understand how these circuits work...

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