Current electricity

Learning Objectives:

• To be able to describe current.

• To be able to model current flow.

Explain why one bulb is lit and the others are not:

What do the pizza shop and the house of party-goers represent?

In this model, the moped riders represent the flow of charge and the pizzas represent the electrical energy carried around the circuit.

How can we model electric circuits?

Water model of a circuit

Circuit model match up

Circuit model part

Teacher

Students

Marbles

Wall

Electrical circuit part

Wires

Battery

Energy

Electrons

Make a circuit

• Design your own circuit, make sure it includes a switch.

• Draw your circuit in your book using the correct symbols.

Exit ticket:

3 things you want to practice.

2 things you would expect to be on a test.

1 thing you enjoyed in the lesson.

Current electricity

Learning Objectives:

• To be able to describe current.

• To be able to model current flow.