27/11/2023 Learning Objective: To understand how a house is wired

Series and Parallel Circuits Classroom Expectations:

1. Your equipment on the desk.
2. Book open, date and title
written and underlined
Starter Activity 3. Begin the starter activity
Answer the following
questions in your
exercise books –
Q1 – Describe what a circuit
is

Q2 – Describe what circuits

are used for
27/11/2023 Learning Objective: To understand how a house is wired

Series and Parallel Circuits

Learning Outcomes:
I can describe what is
meant by current.
I can draw series and
parallel circuits.
I can explain a situation
where parallel circuits
I can describe the are used instead of
differences between series.
how current behaves
I can apply their
in series and parallel
knowledge to describe why
circuits. a house is wired in parallel.
I can compare parallel
and series circuits
27/11/2023 Learning Objective: To understand how a house is wired

Series and Parallel Circuits

Learning Outcomes:
I can describe what is
meant by current.
I can draw series and
parallel circuits.
I can explain a situation
where parallel circuits
I can describe the are used instead of
differences between series.
how current behaves
I can apply their
in series and parallel
knowledge to describe why
circuits. a house is wired in parallel.
I can compare parallel
and series circuits
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27/11/2023 Learning Objective: To understand how a house is wired

Scientific Input – Mind Map Method

Electricity

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27/11/2023 Learning Objective: To understand how a house is wired

Task
1. Describe what is meant by
current.
Sentence starter: Current is….

2. Describe the component

where the source of the current
starts.
Sentence starter: The……
provides the current to the
circuit.
27/11/2023 Learning Objective: To understand how a house is wired
Worked Example WAGOLL
Task The potential difference of the parallel circuit is 12V as each bulb has the
same voltage.
However the series circuit has a potential difference of 4V as each bulb
1. Describe how current flows around a series circuit shares the 12V.

2. Describe how current flows around a parallel circuit.

Skill Application
1. Draw an example of a series and parallel circuit.
Success criteria:
Battery 6V
2 Bulbs
Switch
Voltmeter
WAGOLL
- Pencil & Ruler
- Symbols Drawn correctly.
27/11/2023 Learning Objective: To understand how a house is wired

Task
1. Explain why the lights in a house are wired in parallel and not series. Use an example and
comparison to support your answer.
(4 marks)
Lights in a house are wired in parallel because……
The Reason a series circuit would not be used is

Deeper thinking
Describe what happens when we add extra bulbs to the circuit in a series and a parallel circuit

Extension: Real Life Application

Explain why we need fuses in electrical
devices.