02/05/23 • Put your planners on

Title: Component characteristic the desk

• Write today’s date
Starter: Draw and identify the and title in your
books
following symbols • Answer the starter

Variable resistor Diode

Lightbulb
 Respect. Learn. Achieve.
Hetton School: Learn to Achieve
Lesson title Component characteristic
Objectives for this • State what happens to the resistance of a filament lamp as the temperature increases
lesson • Explain what happens to the current through a diode

By the end of this

lesson

Learn to Achieve Effort: Take pride in your Work independently Stay motivated
Which of these skills will work and engaged
we be focussing on MOST
this lesson?
Resilience: Persevere through Learn from a mistake Redo and improve
challenges

Anchor Activity (what will you keep going back to?) Homework (including time expectation)

REMEMBER: YOU WILL GAIN A WOW POINT FOR OUTSTANDING EFFORT OR OUTSTANDING RESILIENCE.
 What is resistance?
Electricity is the flow of electrons.
Electrons traveling through a circuit will face resistance.
This is where the electron collides with atoms, making it difficult
for the electrical current to flow, causing resistance.

Resistance is measured in ohms. The symbol for an ohm looks

like this:  Ω . The more ohms, the more resistance!
 Resistance
The more you use your iPad, the hotter it gets.
This is because of resistance.
The electrons in the electrical current in your iPad collide with
other atoms, causing resistance. The energy is given off as heat.
 Task
a flow of electrical charge
Resistance

A measurement of the
Current force that makes the
electrical current

Potential difference hindrance to the flow of

(voltage) charge
 Current – voltage graph for a resistor
• Shows how the current
changes through the resistor

Current
when you change the voltage
across it
• Graph is like this if the resistor
does not get hot
• So current must be small
Voltage
 Current – voltage graph for a resistor
• It matters which way you
connect the components
to the battery
 Task
• Describe the graph in front of you
• Explain the graph
 Answer
• As the voltage increases so does the
current
• Directly proportional
• Shows the current through a resistor when
the voltage is changed
• Resistor does not get hot
 Current – voltage graph for a diode
• Light emitting diodes (LEDs) used for
indicator lights in electrical equipment such
as computers and television sets.
• The diode has a very high resistance in one
direction.
• This means that current can only flow in the
other direction.
 Task
• Describe the graph in front of you
 Answer
• Potential difference increases, current
remains at zero
• Then, potential difference increases, so
does the current
 Current-voltage graph for a filament lamp
• It contains a thin coil of wire called the
filament.
• This heats up when an electric current
passes through it and produces light as
a result.
• Its resistance increases as the
temperature of its filament increases.
 Task
• Describe the graph in front of you
 Answer
• Potential difference increases, current
increases
• Not directly proportional
 Thermistor
• Thermistors are used as temperature
sensors, for example, in fire alarms.
Their resistance decreases as the
temperature increases:
• At low temperatures, the resistance of
a thermistor is high, and little current
can flow through them.
 LDRs
• LDRs (light-dependent resistors) are used to
detect light levels, for example, in
automatic security lights.
• In the dark and at low light levels, the
resistance of an LDR is high, and little
current can flow through it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoQ450868Es
 Task
• Answer the exam style questions
 Answers
a)
c) An automatic circuit to switch a
heating system on and off.

b)
 Answers
• (d)     replace Bunsen (and water) with a lamp
• accept any way of changing light level
• 1
• replace thermometer with light sensor
• accept any way of measuring a change in light level
• datalogger alone is insufficient
• 1