Electric Current

Secondary KLA:
Science
Educational levels:
Year 9, Year 10

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Students use this resource consisting of four slides with diagrams, written explanation and voice-over to understand that current is the flow of electricity around a circuit and that the greater the resistance of the circuit, the less current flows. There is a two-question quiz and a summary slide.

NSW syllabus outcomes

(ST3-6PW) describes how scientific understanding about the sources, transfer and transformation of electricity is related to making decisions about its use

(SC4-11PW) discusses how scientific understanding and technological developments have contributed to finding solutions to problems involving energy transfers and transformations

Australian curriculum content descriptions

(ACSSU097) Electrical circuits provide a means of transferring and transforming electricity

(ACSSU155) Energy appears in different forms including movement (kinetic energy), heat and potential energy, and causes change within systems

More information

Resource type:
Interactive Resource
ScOT topics:
Forces and energy, Electricity
File type:
text/html
Language/s:
en-AU
Author:
Intel Corporation
Publisher:
Intel Corporation
Date created:
Monday, 5 November 2007

Resource ID: 4fd27dfe-2693-4f5e-88ae-1a8425d5bb22