Current and Series Circuits (KS3 Electricity)

KS3 lesson for mixed ability year 7/8 students on what current is and measuring current in a series circuit. The lesson objectives are for students to identify a series circuit, to understand that an ammeter must be placed in series to measure current and to link the brightness of bulbs in a series circuit with the number of bulbs and hence the current.

The students can follow the worksheets provided that are differentiated with more open-ended questions for the high ability and multiple choice/more closed-ended questions for the lower ability i.e. there is an high-ability and a low ability question sheet.