Target audience: year 11 physics
Electricity is a collection of four SPICE sequences: Static electricity; Electric fields; Current electricity; and Electrical energy.
Static electricity
Dramatic video of lightning strikes leads to an exploration of electrostatic electricity and its applications. It contains four resources: Lightning; Exploring electrostatics; Explaining electrostatics; and Electrostatics in action.
Electric fields
A comparison of magnetic and electric fields leads to rules for drawing electric fields. A theoretical physicist explains advanced concepts relating to fields. This sequence contains three resources: Exploring fields; Drawing fields; and Properties of fields.
Current electricity
This sequence starts by examining the role of electricity in hearing. Explorations of circuits, cells and batteries leads to a consideration of models and analogies for electricity. Finally, examples of the use of electricity by animals are illustrated. It contains six resources: Electronic hearing; Circuits; Batteries and cells; Modelling electricity; Circuit rules; and Bioelectricity.
Electrical energy
Consideration of the dangers of electricity leads to discussion of how electricity is measured, and how consumers are charged for its use. This sequence contains four resources: Electrical hazards; Electrical safety; Measuring electricity; and Electricity account.
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