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Simple Electric Circuits
The resources in this collection support the teaching of the following key concepts within the big idea of electricity and magnetism:
- Making circuits
- Electric current
- Voltage
- Static electricity
These resources are part of the BEST collection , which provides diagnostic questions, response activities, suggested teaching sequences, information on misconceptions and progression maps for key concepts in physics, chemistry and biology.
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Making Circuits
These diagnostic questions and response activities (contained in the zip file) support students in being able to:
- Build simple circuits from pictures or demonstrations.
- Identify components from their circuit symbols, and draw the circuit symbol for common components.
- Identify...
Electric Current
These diagnostic questions and response activities (contained in the zip file) support students in being able to:
- Define current as a flow (of ‘electricity’) around a complete circuit that is measured with an ammeter.
- Recognise that current is the same at each point around a simple series...
Voltage
These diagnostic questions and response activities (contained in the zip file) support students in being able to:
- Describe the effect of different battery voltages on simple circuits.
- Describe the voltage of a battery, measured with a voltmeter, as the strength with which the battery can ‘push...
Static Electricity
These diagnostic questions and response activities (contained in the zip file) support students in being able to:
- Identify when an electrostatic force is acting in familiar situations.
- Describe how objects with a positive or negative charge attract or repel other charged objects.
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