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Teaching Resources

Electricity

Each topic is subdivided into a number of episodes.

An episode represents a coherent section of teaching – perhaps one or two lessons.

Each episode contains links to a number of activities.

Electric current

Episode 100: Preparation for electric current topic

Episode 101: Introduction to circuits

Episode 102: Current as a flow of charge

Episode 103: Currents and charge carriers

Episode 104: Drift velocity

Episode 105: Sources of electrical energy

Episode 106: Electrical power

Electric current

Electrical resistance

Episode 107: Preparation for electrical resistance topic

Episode 108: Resistance

Episode 109: Electrical characteristics

Episode 110: Resistance and temperature

Episode 111: Semiconductor devices

Episode 112: Resistivity

 

Electrical resistance

Series and parallel circuits

Episode 113: Preparation for series and parallel circuits

Episode 114: Components in series and parallel

Episode 115: Energy and power

Episode 116: Using energy and power equations

Episode 117: Kirchhoff’s laws

Episode 118: Potential dividers

Series and parallel circuits
 

Electrical resistance

Episode 107: Preparation for electrical resistance topic

Episode 108: Resistance

Episode 109: Electrical characteristics

Episode 110: Resistance and temperature

Episode 111: Semiconductor devices

Episode 112: Resistivity

Electrical resistance
 

Capacitors

Episode 124: Preparation for capacitors topic

Episode 125: Introducing capacitors

Episode 126: Capacitance and the equation C =Q/V

Episode 127: Capacitors in series and parallel

Episode 128: Energy stored by a capacitor

Episode 129: Discharge of a capacitor: Q = Qoe-t/CR 

Episode 130: R-C circuits and other systems

Capacitors

 

 

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