Lesson Information

Topic Title: Electricity

Lesson Title: Current, Voltage,
and Resistance

Learning Objectives

1) To model voltage and current

2) To be able to explain why resistance occurs

1
Starter

(1) What type of bonding occurs in a metal?

(2) What special features are there for this bonding?

(3) What are some components that can be put in a circuit?

Circuits

• Wires contain metal

• Therefore wires have metallic bonding

Circuits

• Wires contain metal

• Therefore wires have metallic bonding

• We have positive metal ions, and a

sea of delocalised/free electrons
Circuits

• Wires contain metal

• Therefore wires have metallic bonding

• We have positive metal ions, and a

sea of delocalised/free electrons

• In a piece of metal without anything

else, the electrons all move about
randomly
Circuits

• When we put a power source

like a battery in a circuit, the
following happens:

• The negative electrons repel

from the negative end

• The negative electrons attract to the positive

end
Circuits

• When we put a power source

like a battery in a circuit, the
following happens:

• The negative electrons repel

from the negative end

• The negative electrons attract to the positive

end

• This creates a flow of electrons which is called

current
Circuits

• To measure the current we use an ammeter

• The ammeter must go in series with the wires

(this means that it goes “in line” with the circuit)
Circuits

• To measure the current we use an ammeter

• The ammeter must go in series with the wires

(this means that it goes “in line” with the circuit)
Circuits

1.What is electric current?

2.What particle provides the movement of charge in a normal circuit?
3.What component do we use to measure current? How do we connect
it?
Circuits

1.What is electric current?

Flow of charge
2.What particle provides the movement of charge in a normal circuit?
Electrons
3.What component do we use to measure current? How do we connect
it?
An ammeter. We connect it in series.
Circuits

1.What is electric current?

Flow of charge
2.What particle provides the movement of charge in a normal circuit?
Electrons
3.What component do we use to measure current? How do we connect
it?
An ammeter. We connect it in series.
Voltage

When the electrons pass through the power source (such as battery)
they gain energy.

The voltage is a measure of the energy per electron

Analogy

Suppose you wanted to heat your home…

Voltage is how hot the hot water is

Current is how fast the water is flowing

Resistance

Since electrons have to force their way past the metal ions

The metal ions push back on the electrons.

Resistance is a measure of how difficult it is

for a current to flow.
Resistance
Independent Tasks

(1)Complete student book questions chapter 10.1

(2)Extension: Complete workbook questions chapter 10.1
Homework

Workbook section 10.1