Lesson Planning
Teaching
- Identify from circuit diagrams those circuits that will or won’t work.
- Draw an accurate circuit diagram.
- Research and explain why electrical components behave as they do in terms of resistance.
- Feed back on others’ designs.
- Use feedback to improve their own design.
- Understand how electrical components in their design work to the desired effect.
Activities
- Draw a circuit diagram with a summary of the brightness, volume and speed of components within it.
- Annotate their circuit diagram with explanations of the role of resistance in making components work.
- Feed back on other’s designs.
- Use feedback to improve their design.
Investigation - exploring, analysing secondary sources
Explore resistance through the use of various components.
Draw circuit diagrams.
Vocabulary
Electricity, electrical circuit, circuit diagram, circuit symbol, components, cell, battery, positive/negative, terminal, connect/connection, loose connection, short circuit, wire, crocodile clip, bulb, bright/dim, switch, buzzer, volume, motor, fast(er)/slow(er), conductor, insulator, metal/non metal, voltage, current, resistance