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Chapter 5 Heat and electricity
5.5 Electricity is the presence and flow of electric charges
5.5 Electricity
This student worksheet will help you build your understanding of the key concepts from this unit. Complete this in class or as homework.
5.5A Challenge Demonstrating electrostatics
A write-in experiment worksheet to help you record your results and test your understanding of key concepts.
5.5B Challenge Separating charges with a van de Graaff generator
A write-in experiment worksheet to help you record your results and test your understanding of key concepts.
5.5 How electricity works
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Chapter 5 Heat and electricity
5.6 Electrical current results from the movement of charges around a closed circuit
Check your learning 5.6
A write-in worksheet for the Check your learning questions in this unit
5.6 Building a circuit
How do electric circuits work? Learn more in this video.
5.6 Using an ammeter and voltmeter
Learn how to use an ammeter and voltmeter.
5.6 Interactive: Symbols used in circuit diagrams
Test how much you know about circuit diagrams with this activity.
5.6 Electrical current
This literacy support worksheet will help you review concepts from this unit and practise your language skills.
5.6 Electrical current
This student worksheet will help you build your understanding of the key concepts from this unit. Complete this in class or as homework.
5.6A Challenge Making a simple torch circuit
A write-in experiment worksheet to help you record your results and test your understanding of key concepts.
5.6B Challenge Connecting circuits
A write-in experiment worksheet to help you record your results and test your understanding of key concepts.
Chapter 5 Heat and electricity
5.7 Current can flow through series and parallel circuits
7.3 Current can flow through series and parallel circuits
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Check your learning 5.7
A write-in worksheet for the Check your learning questions in this unit
5.7 Series and parallel circuits
This literacy support worksheet will help you review concepts from this unit and practise your language skills.
5.7 Series and parallel circuits
This student worksheet will help you build your understanding of the key concepts from this unit. Complete this in class or as homework.
5.7A Challenge Making series and parallel circuits
A write-in experiment worksheet to help you record your results and test your understanding of key concepts.
5.7B Challenge Short-circuiting an electric current
A write-in experiment worksheet to help you record your results and test your understanding of key concepts.
5.7 Two types of connections
Learn more about the way circuits can connect with this weblink.
Chapter 5 Heat and electricity
5.8 Voltage is the difference in energy between two parts of a circuit. Resistance makes it difficult for current to flow in a circuit
7.4 Voltage is the difference in energy between two parts of a circuit. Resistance makes it difficult for current to flow in a circuit
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Check your learning 5.8
A write-in worksheet for the Check your learning questions in this unit
5.8 Voltage, current, resistance and Ohm’s law
This literacy support worksheet will help you review concepts from this unit and practise your language skills.
5.8 Voltage, current, resistance and Ohm’s law
This student worksheet will help you build your understanding of the key concepts from this unit. Complete this in class or as homework.
5.8 Experiment Investigating Ohm's law
A write-in experiment worksheet to help you record your results and test your understanding of key concepts.
5.8A Skills lab Using Ohm's law to find resistence
A write-in experiment worksheet to help you record your results and test your understanding of key concepts.
5.8B Skills lab Understanding resistor colour codes
A write-in experiment worksheet to help you record your results and test your understanding of key concepts.
5.8 Ohm's law
What is Ohm's law? Learn more with this weblink.
Chapter 5 Heat and electricity
Chapter 5 Review
Chapter 5 Heat and electricity
Chapter 5 Key words
Chapter 6 Tectonic plates