STARTER 3 MIN

A B

1. What is the difference in the circuits above

1. Compare the current through the lamps in both circuits to the current
supplied by the battery?

1. Compare the PD across the lamps in both circuits to the PD across the
battery
Expectation
Expectation
 Expectation

The potential The potential

Difference Difference
voltage splits voltage is the
across the same across
components the components
Expectation
Theme: Electricity and Magnetism

Topic: Electricity

Lesson 6.4
More Parallel Circuits
Page 300 - 307
 Key
Vocabulary ❖Parallel Circuit

❖Branches

❖Same potential difference

❖Different current
 Link to Real Life:
• Parallel circuits are the standard circuits found in
• Home electrical wiring
• Car headlights,
• Wiring of speaker systems in professional venues,
• Streetlamps,
• House lighting,
• Some motors,
• Computer address and data busses,
• Alarm systems,
• Modern christmas lights and so on.
Key Notes: Notebook (4min)
In parallel circuits

✔ Current flows through more than one path called branches

✔ The current is different in different parts of a parallel circuit

✔ The potential difference is the same across all branches

✔ Resistance (R) decreases when components are added to a

parallel circuit.
 Assessment of Previous Learning 5min

1. What amount of current is 2. Calculate the current flowing

generated by the cell? through lamp X

5.5= X+3+1.5
5.5= X+ 4.5
5.5 - 4.5 = X
X= 1
 Expectations

1. Total amount of current is generated by the cell?

1. The current flowing through lamp

Productive Task: Paired Work

8th grade students are tasked to analyse the

effect of adding or removing electrical
components from a circuit on the current

Instructions:

In pairs, complete exercise 9.1C on

page 174 – 175 of your workbooks
 Differentiated Activity 1: Pair Work 5m
Current flow in parallel circuits in

Instructions:
Basic: Complete Question 1 and 2 of Exercise
9.1A on page 172 of your workbooks

Extended: Complete Question 3 of Exercise

9.1A on page 173 of your workbooks
Activity 1: Expectations
 5m
Differentiated Activity 2: Individual Work
Facts about parallel circuits
in

Instructions:
Basic: Complete Question 1 and 2 of Exercise
9.1B on page 173 of your workbooks

Extended: Complete Question 3 of Exercise 9.1B

on page 174 of your workbooks
Activity 2: Expectations
Productive Task: Paired Work

8th grade students are tasked to analyse the

effect of adding or removing electrical
components from a circuit on the current

Instructions:

In pairs, complete exercise 9.1C on

page 174 – 175 of your workbooks
Productive Task: Expectations
 Plenary 3mi
n X in
What is the amount of current flowing through the ammeter
both circuits?

A B

In circuit B, what will happen to the current flowing through the

1st and 2nd branches if the lamps in the 3rd branch are removed?
 Plenary: Expectations 3mi
n
Circuit A: X = 1A +1A = 2A; Circuit B: X = 1.5A + 1.0A + 0.5A =
3.0A

A B

The current through the 1st and 2nd branches will

increase
Concept Map
Branched
connection

Decreases
resistance Same PD

Parallel
Circuits

Increases Different
current current

Removing
component
 We are able to:
❖Determine the current flowing through
components connected in series

❖Deduce a formula to calculate the total

current flowing in a parallel circuit

❖Predict the change in the current

flowing through electrical components
in parallel when one component is
removed