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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.
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Education Practices
- Active Learning
= Modeling
Electricity & Magnetism
- DC Circuits
- Middle School
- High School
- Instructional Material
= Activity
= Model
- Audio/Visual
= Movie/Animation
Appropriate Courses Categories Ratings
- Physical Science
- Physics First
- Conceptual Physics
- Algebra-based Physics
- Activity
- New teachers
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Intended User:
Learner
Format:
application/flash
Access Rights:
Free access
Restriction:
© 2008 NetMedia/BCC
Keywords:
circuit analysis, circuit modeling, circuit tutorial, circuits, current, electricity modeling, electron flow
Record Creator:
Metadata instance created May 10, 2010 by Caroline Hall
Record Updated:
August 14, 2016 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update
when Cataloged:
July 30, 2009

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.

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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).
AJP/PRST-PER
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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@misc{ 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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