Physics for Non-Physicists: Electricity.

Format:

Video

Series:

Academic Video Online

KS3/4 Science ; 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teaching Methods.

Local Subjects:

Teaching Methods.

Genre:

Instructional

Physical Description:

1 online resource (15 minutes)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Teachers TV/UK Department of Education, 2005.

Language Note:

In English.

Original language in English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

Steve Hearn from the Institute of Physics shows a group of non-specialist physics teachers from the London Borough of Barnet how to approach the subject of electricity at KS3, a topic which teachers and students find difficult. He introduces them to a torch with no batteries, an electrical board which allows students to connect a wide variety of components in a circuit, and fruit batteries. One of the teachers in the group, then takes on the task of teaching electricity to her Year 9 group. The students use the electricity board for the first time, work out how to generate electricity using a shaky torch with no batteries and discover whether batteries made out of tomatoes are better than those made from bananas and other fruit.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed December 12, 2018).