DESC Department of Science
Spark
In this topic you are a trainee electrician so will learn all about electronic components and how to put them together into curcuits. You will learn what current and voltage are and be introduced to resistance. You will find out what static electricity is and how to create it.
In the second half of the unit, you investigate what magnets are and link it, not only to the ones you find on your fridge, but to the magnetic field of the whole Earth! You will also learn how to create an electromagnet putting both halves of the unit together.
What am I learning in this unit?
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Electrical components
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Circuit diagrams
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Parallel and series circuits
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Current, voltage and resistance (Ohms law)
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Static electricity
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Magnetic materials and domain theory
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Magnetic fields and compasses
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Electromagnets
Which skills am I developing?
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Planning
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Collecting data