Electricity Workbook - AQA GCSE Physics, 4 complete lessons

Teach the AQA GCSE Electricity topic with a ready-to-use, structured 4-lesson workbook designed to build understanding, develop calculation skills and prepare students for exam questions. This comprehensive electricity resource takes students from building their first simple circuit through confidently applying their knowledge of current, potential difference and resistance in series and parallel circuits.
The workbook combines clear explanations, practical work, guided practice and AQA exam style questions, making it ideal for classroom teaching, independant learning, cover lessons, homework or revision.

What’s Included:

Teacher guidance: The workbook begins with a dedicated section for teachers explaining how to get the most out of this resource. The overall learning joruney through the electricity topic, key AQA scientific language and terminology, practical skills developed throughout the unit and safety instructions. A clear overview of how the four lessons build on one another.

Lesson 1 - What is Electricity: Students begin by developing their understanding of simple electrical circuits before putting their knowledge into practice. They will explore what an electrical circuit is, identify the essential components of a simple circuit, build and check a working circuit, develop practical circuit-building skills and apply their understanding to exam-style questions.

Lesson 2 - Circuit symbols and Circuit diagrams: Students develop confidence with the standard symbols used to represent electrical components and learn to interpret and construct circuit diagrams.

Lesson 3 - What is Current?: Students develop their understanding of electric current before progressing into GCSE calculations. This lesson provides a structured progression from teacher modelling to guided practice and independent application. Students are guided through the ‘I do, We do, You do’ method for the current calculations before completing increasingly independent questions.

Lesson 4 - Series and Parallel circuits: Students bring together their knowledge of circuits and electrical quantities to understand how series and parallel circuits behave. They will explore how current can change in a series and parallel circuit and the differences between them.

**Built around a clear journey: **
The four lessons are deliberately sequenced so students progressively deepen their knowledge and skills. This helps students build secure foundations before moving onto more demanding GCSE style questions.
Practical work is integrated into the unit rather than treated as an afterthought.

**Designed to reduce teacher workload: **
This resource brings together the key elements needed to teach the Electricity unit. Everything is organised into one coherent resource, making it easy to pick up and teach!