Voltmeters are always connected across circuit components, whether a battery, bulb or some other device.

Physics Narrative 11-14

Read this if you are confused about the use of: voltage, potential difference, potential drop, and p.d.

Physics Narrative 11-14

How do the ideas about voltage work with a circuit where there is more than one bulb? In this circuit, two identical bulbs are...

Physics Narrative 11-14

How do the ideas about voltage apply to parallel circuits? In this circuit, two identical bulbs are connected in parallel to a...

Physics Narrative 11-14

Suppose two bulbs are connected in series and they are not identical. Suppose the resistance of bulb A is greater than the...

Physics Narrative 11-14

So, the voltmeter is connected across the circuit component (battery or bulb) in order to measure the energy shifted for each...

Physics Narrative 11-14

The final part of the electric circuits topic brings together all of the ideas introduced in the preceding episodes to think...

Physics Narrative 11-14

Stop for a moment and think of all of the places where magnets are used in your home. There are the magnetic catches on the...

Physics Narrative 5-11 11-14

Although the simple classification of magnetic and non-magnetic materials set out above is quite adequate for physics 11–14...

Physics Narrative 11-14

The everyday world of magnets is really all about those magnetic materials that can be magnetised to make permanent magnets...

Physics Narrative 5-11 11-14

Permanent magnets retain their magnetism, while other materials are attracted to magnets (they are magnetic) but do not...

Physics Narrative 11-14

Supposing you take a bar magnet and suspend it freely at its mid-point on a length of thread. Once the magnet stops spinning...

Physics Narrative 5-11 11-14