KS3 Physics: Electric charge and circuits bundle

Why do two lamps on one loop behave differently from two lamps on separate branches? Build and draw both circuits, take meter readings and use them to test your explanations.

Includes 8 editable PowerPoint lessons. Each has a timed lesson plan, a suggested practical or modelling activity, a printable pupil sheet and teacher answers. The topic roadmap shows the sequence and equipment.

Lessons included

1. Static electricity and charge
2. Building and drawing simple circuits
3. Series and parallel circuits
4. Measuring current in circuits
5. Measuring potential difference
6. Models of electric circuits
7. Investigating electrical resistance
8. Electrical safety and fuses

The pack includes a circuit-drawing handout and printable partner vocabulary cards. The Year 9 recap presentations repeat activities in this sequence. The source discussion about a day without electricity and the end test are outside this eight-lesson pack.

Bought separately the lessons total £8. The topic pack is £4.

The pack also includes 16 independently written practice sheets with separate teacher answers. The sheets are filed with the lessons that use them. A morning without electricity is included as a bonus literacy task.