These segments get to the heart of the conceptual misunderstanding that teachers encounter when attempting to teach simple circuits. It demonstrates some instructional alternatives teachers can use.
Nuffield Foundation " Practical Physics " > Electric circuits and fields " Simple electric circuits.
Practical activities designed for use in the classroom with 11- to 19-year-olds.
Have also developed resources and approaches that underpin effective educational practice. These are freely available via our teachers page.
A website which provides the terminology used in circuits but appropriate for students. This page in particular could become part of a scavenger hunt or WebQuest activity. It has some use as a stand alone resource as well.
Tests show that pre-service teachers have unscientific ideas about "source of stationary current", "The concept of current, energy and potential differences are used one another by mistaken", "current usage" and "sequential reasoning".