What happens to the current when you add batteries to a circuit? This fully resourced lesson comes with an animated PowerPoint which explains how a battery produces current then guides the student through planning an investigation to discover what happens when the number of batteries is increased. If the apparatus is not available for a lab, a set of results is provided for students to use to draw a conclusion.
What’s Covered
- A battery has a positive and negative terminal.
- The long line in the battery symbol represents the positive terminal.
- Batteries are connected positive to negative.
- A battery contains chemicals.
- An electric current is a flow of electrons which pick up energy from the battery.
- As batteries are added to a circuit the lamp gets brighter.
- A battery provides the push or voltage to make current flow in a circuit.
- The higher the voltage of a battery the more current flows in the circuit.
- Current increases as batteries are added to a circuit.
- Be able to make a prediction and design an experiment to investigate the relationship between the number of batteries and current.
- Be able to draw a bar graph.
- Be able to calculate the output of a number of batteries from known numbers of batteries, voltages and currents.
- Be able to explain how electrons supply energy to components in a circuit without becoming used up themselves.
Resources
- Animated 14 slide PowerPoint- includes exit ticket /plenary quiz
- Cut and stick
- Anticipation guide (starter and plenary)
- Flip It
- Taboo Cards
- Worksheet for practical
- Fact sheet
- Foldable
- Fact Share Worksheet
- Exit ticket template
- ABC card template
- Differentiated homework/classwork worksheets
- PowerPoint with answers /detailed mark schemes for homework/classwork sheets-pupils can self-assess or peer assess.
- An easy to follow one-page flow chart lesson plan indicates where logical choices between resources can be made if required.
With 15 printables available, teachers can opt to tailor their lesson to take account of the ability of their students and time available if so required.
Links to other resources in this series.
Intro to Current Electricity 1
Intro to Current Electricity 2
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