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Electromagnetic effects

From magnets and static charge to working circuits, motors, generators, and transformers. The largest topic in the syllabus by mark allocation.

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Unit at a glance

7 lessons, 315 minutes of teaching

Lessons
7, each planned for 45 minutes
Worksheets
7 with answer keys
Quiz questions
16 multiple-choice, assignable in the app
Lab
Electromagnetic effects
Scheme of work

The lessons in order

RefLesson packStructureWorksheetQuizLab tab
4.5.1Electromagnetic induction
Push a magnet into a coil and a meter flicks, even though no battery is anywhere in sight.
Connect-Extend-Challenge6 Q, 15 marks2 MCQtab 1
4.5.2The A.C. generator
Turn a coil between the poles of a magnet and induction does the rest, pumping out a voltage that rises, falls, reverses and rises again.
Anticipation / Reaction Guide6 Q, 14 marks2 MCQtab 2
4.5.3The magnetic effect of a current
Send a current down a wire and a compass nearby swings: the current has wrapped itself in a magnetic field.
Cooperative Concept Mapping6 Q, 14 marks1 MCQtab 2
4.5.4The motor effect
Lay a current-carrying wire between two magnets and it jumps.
Think-Pair-Share6 Q, 13 marks2 MCQtab 3
4.5.5The D.C. motor
Put the motor effect on a coil and the two sides are pushed opposite ways, so it spins.
Mix-Pair-Share6 Q, 14 marks1 MCQtab 4
4.5.6Transformers
Two coils sharing an iron core, never touching, yet one feeds power to the other across the gap.
Jigsaw6 Q, 15 marks1 MCQtab 5
4.5.6Transformer equations and transmission
The ratio of turns on the two coils fixes the ratio of the voltages exactly.
Numbered Heads Together6 Q, 16 marks7 MCQtab 6

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