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the Birmingham Grid for Learning
This item is an interactive Flash tutorial that introduces a very simple model of electron flow through an electric circuit. It was developed to help students form correct qualitative concepts of electric current prior to studying the more complex properties of electric field and potential.
Editor's Note: This tutorial takes students beyond the commonly-used water flow/electricity analogy, which can lead to student misconception. Although simple, it packs lots of punch and should prove memorable. It is part of a larger collection of online learning activities published by the Birmingham (UK) Grid for Learning. Please note that this resource requires Flash.
This resource is part of a Physics Front Topical Unit.
Topic: Electricity and Electrical Energy
Unit Title: Teaching About Electricity in the Middle Grades This interactive Flash tutorial will give your students a good model for exploring electron flow through a simple circuit. It tackles a complex idea in a simple way, helping kids to build accurate concepts of what happens at the atomic level when current flows through a circuit. Links to Units:
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/precollege/items/detail.cfm?ID=10028">Birmingham Grid for Learning. The Electricity Book Part 2: What Is Electricity?. Birmingham: Birmingham Grid for Learning, July 30, 2009.</a>
AIP Format
(Birmingham Grid for Learning, Birmingham, 2008), WWW Document, (http://web.archive.org/web/20160306025211/http://bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks3/science/elecricity_2/electricity.swf).
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The Electricity Book Part 2: What Is Electricity? (Birmingham Grid for Learning, Birmingham, 2008), <http://web.archive.org/web/20160306025211/http://bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks3/science/elecricity_2/electricity.swf>.
APA Format
The Electricity Book Part 2: What Is Electricity?. (2009, July 30). Retrieved October 14, 2024, from Birmingham Grid for Learning: http://web.archive.org/web/20160306025211/http://bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks3/science/elecricity_2/electricity.swf
Chicago Format
Birmingham Grid for Learning. The Electricity Book Part 2: What Is Electricity?. Birmingham: Birmingham Grid for Learning, July 30, 2009. http://web.archive.org/web/20160306025211/http://bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks3/science/elecricity_2/electricity.swf (accessed 14 October 2024).
MLA Format
The Electricity Book Part 2: What Is Electricity?. Birmingham: Birmingham Grid for Learning, 2008. 30 July 2009. 14 Oct. 2024 <http://web.archive.org/web/20160306025211/http://bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks3/science/elecricity_2/electricity.swf>.
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Title = {The Electricity Book Part 2: What Is Electricity?},
Publisher = {Birmingham Grid for Learning},
Volume = {2024},
Number = {14 October 2024},
Month = {July 30, 2009},
Year = {2008}
}
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