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  • Electric current
    • Episode 100: Preparation for electric current topic
    • Episode 101: Introduction to circuits
    • Episode 102: Current as a flow of charge
    • Episode 103: Currents and charge carriers
    • Episode 104: Drift velocity
    • Episode 105: Sources of electrical energy
    • Episode 106: Electrical power
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Electric current

This topic looks at basic electrical ideas, particularly current, potential difference and energy. Students are likely to have spent a significant amount of time studying electric circuits (although their ideas of current and pd may be rather muddled). This topic starts with a closer look at electric current.

  • Episode 100: Preparation for electric current topic
  • Episode 101: Introduction to circuits
  • Episode 102: Current as a flow of charge
  • Episode 103: Currents and charge carriers
  • Episode 104: Drift velocity
  • Episode 105: Sources of electrical energy
  • Episode 106: Electrical power
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