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| Revison Crossword on Electricity | Courtesty of thephysicsteacher.ie | ||
| Nobody. Gets. Electricity | Even Harvard graduates can't connect a lightbulb. | ||
| How to use a multimeter | MyYoutube. 10 mins | ||
| What IS current? | MyYoutube. 3 mins | ||
| How to generate electric current | MyYoutube. 5 mins. Over 150,000 views. | ||
| Terminology | Why the word 'Electricity' isn't actually helpful. MyYoutube | ||
| Testing materials to see whether they are conductors or insulators | Interactive experiment. Drag and drop the various materials into the circuit. | 5 Star |
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| Watch the demonstration | Youtube. 2 mins | 4 Star |
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| Why metals conduct electricity | Nice animation from absorblearning.com | 4 Star |
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| So are humans conductors or insulators? | Short video | 3 Star |
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| One of the very best web-sites in cyberland | Click on Circuit Construction Kit Then click on ‘Grab Bag’ to test for conductors and insulators | 5 Star |
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| Using the resource above to test whether something is a conductor or an insulator | MyYoutube. 3 mins | ||
| Using pHet to demonstrate conventional current | MyYoutube. 8 mins | ||
| Resistance at molecular level | Click on the slider to increase the current. Note that fixed electrons (yellow dots) aren't mobile because they are attached to the atoms. However, there were 'free' electrons here to begin with, which isn't clear in the animation. | 3 Star |
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| Resistance and Length | Nice animation showing the mathematical relationship between resistance, length and area. | 4 Star |
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| Resistors in series | Add more resistors and note the result. | 3 Star |
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| Ohm’s Law | Lovely animation, but remember that you can't usually change resistance if the circuit is fixed | 4 Star |
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| Play with the different tabs and learn as you go! | 4 Star |
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| Why voltage causes a current | Nice animation from absorblearning.com | 4 Star |
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| Brianiac explains electricity with an electric fence | Youtube. 5 mins | 4 Star |
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| Experimenting with a Lemon Battery | 5 minute video | 3 Star |
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| Simple demonstrations on Current Electricity | MyYoutube. 10 minutes | ||
| Nice basic introduction to Electricity | Useful introduction with Questions | 3 Star |
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| Where do the electrical wires behind your socket go to? | MyYoutube. 1 minute | ||
| Abbott and Costello get into a pickle over some electrical terminology | Youtube. 2 minutes | 3 Star |
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| Labelled diagram of a 3-pin plug | Connecting an appliance to the mains from absorblearning.com | 4 Star |
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| Heating Effect of a current | Nice activity using styrofoam to create shapes. MyYoutube. 1 min | ||
| More demonstrations | MyYoutube. 10 mins. I get a bit ratty at the beginning | ||
| Magnetic effect of a current | From Absorblearning.com | 3 Star |
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| Chemical effect of a current | Youtube 1 min. From Cabinteely Comm School | 3 Star |
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| The Kilowatt hour | MyYoutube. 4 mins | ||
| ESB bill | Work out your ESB Bill based on the numbers provided. | 5 Star |