Producing and Measuring Electricity

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Producing electricity (Sections 9.1-9.5)

Alternating and direct current
Fuses plugs and switches (11-14)
Direct and alternating current (14-16)

Sources of direct current
Electricity basic ideas (11-14)

Rotating a magnet ion a coil
Generators (14-16)

Factors affecting the size and direction of an induced voltage
Electromagnetic induction (14-16)

14-16/ Electricity and magnetism/Electromagnetic induction/Experiments/Electromagnetic induction

14- 16/Electricity and magnetism/Electromagnetic induction/Problems/Electromagnetic induction
14-16/Electricity and magnetism/Electromagnetic induction/Problems/Electromagnetic induction 2

Current electricity (Sections 9.6-9.16)

Resistance changes
Resista nce (14-16)

The LDR and thermistor
LDR and thermistor (14-16)

14-16/Electricity and magnetism/Current electricity/Experiments/Thermistor resistance

Digital camera shutter opening – resistance changes
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Current as a rate of flow of charge
Electric circuits current and charge (14-16)
Electric current (11-14)

Energy content of a battery
Volts amps and joules (14-16)

Variation of current with voltage
Ohm's law (14-16)
Variation of current with applied voltage (16-19)

16- 19/Electricity and magnetism/Current electricity/Experiments/Ohms law and lamps

Voltage, current and resistance (Ohm's Law)
Ohm's law (14-16)

14-16/Electricity and magnetism/Current electricity/Experiments/Ohm's law

Batteries
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Impact of the electric telephone and electricity on the modern world
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Superconductivity and Maglev trains
Superconductivity (16-19)
Linear induction motor (16-19)

Size of electrical circuits and speed of operation
Microelectronics (14-16)

Use of ICT to collect and display data
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14-16/Electricity and magnetism/Current electricity/Problems/Ohms law and resistance
14-16/Electricity and magnetism/Current electricity/Problems/Voltage and energy