Electricity - R2P

This resource provides a lesson plan showing how to use analogies to teach about current electricity.

The research summary discusses the common misconceptions of pupils about the flow of current and the inability of pupils to apply their knowledge to solve current electricity problems. Elements of this research, such as using analogies, are utlised within the lesson plan to challenge these misconceptions.

By the end of the lesson pupils should be able to:

• Use analogies to describe and electrical current
• Use models and analogies to explain how electrical conductors work.

This resource is part of a collection of research informed secondary science lesson plans produced as part of the Research-2-Practice (R2P) project undertaken by research teams at the University of Roehampton, University of Lincoln, York St John University and KYRA research school, between 2020 and 2021, which was funded by Wellcome.

The overall aim of the project was to enhance the quality of teaching and learning in science by giving time-pressed teachers quick and easy access to relevant research to inform their practice and provide exemplar lesson plans to show how the research could be used in the classroom. More resources can be found here.