PhysicsGrade 6–13

Electricity and magnetism

Build circuits, measure voltages, visualise fields and understand induction.

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Circuits

Grade 6–9

Simple circuit

Build a circuit with a battery, a switch and a lamp, as a set-up and as a circuit diagram. When the circuit is closed, the lamp lights up.

Grade 6–9Baden-Württemberg: grade 9/10Bavaria: grade 7Berlin: grades 7/8, 9/10Brandenburg: grades 7/8, 9/10Bremen: grade 7–9Hamburg: grades 7, 8, 9Hesse: grade 6–8Lower Saxony: grades 5/6, 7/8North Rhine-Westphalia: grades 5/6, 7–10Rhineland-Palatinate: grade 7–10Saarland: grades 7, 9Saxony: grades 6, 7Saxony-Anhalt: grade 7/8Schleswig-Holstein: grade 7–10

Series and parallel circuits

Connect lamps in series or in parallel and measure current and voltage at different points.

Grade 7–9Baden-Württemberg: grade 9/10Bavaria: grade 8Berlin: grades 7/8, 9/10Brandenburg: grades 7/8, 9/10Bremen: grade 7–9Hamburg: grades 7, 8, 9Hesse: grade 9/10Lower Saxony: grade 7/8North Rhine-Westphalia: grade 7–10Rhineland-Palatinate: grade 7–10Saarland: grades 7, 9Saxony: grades 7, 8Saxony-Anhalt: grade 7/8Schleswig-Holstein: grade 7–10

Ohm’s law

Turn up the voltage and the current rises, always in the same ratio. Point by point the characteristic curve appears, though not quite straight for a lamp.

Grade 7–9Baden-Württemberg: grade 9/10Bavaria: grade 8Berlin: grades 7/8, 9/10Brandenburg: grades 7/8, 9/10Bremen: grade 7–9Hamburg: grades 8, 9Hesse: grade 9/10Lower Saxony: grade 7/8North Rhine-Westphalia: grade 7–10Rhineland-Palatinate: grade 7–10Saarland: grades 7, 9Saxony: grade 8Saxony-Anhalt: grade 7/8Schleswig-Holstein: grade 7–10

Electric and magnetic fields

Grade 9–13

Electromagnetic induction

Magnet in, the needle swings. Magnet out, it swings the other way. Every generator works on the same principle.

Grade 9–13Baden-Württemberg: grades 9/10, 12/13Bavaria: grades 10, 12Berlin: grades 9/10, 11Brandenburg: grades 9/10, 11Bremen: grades 7–9, 11/12Hamburg: grades 9, 11/12Hesse: grades 9/10, 12Lower Saxony: grade 12/13North Rhine-Westphalia: grades 7–10, 12/13Rhineland-Palatinate: grades 7–10, 12/13Saarland: grades 10, 12Saxony: grades 9, 11Saxony-Anhalt: grades 9, 11/12Schleswig-Holstein: grades 7–10, 11, 12/13

Lorentz force and fine-beam tube

Electrons fly along a glowing circular path in a magnetic field. From the radius you determine a property of the electron.

Grade 10–13Baden-Württemberg: grade 12/13Bavaria: grades 10, 12Berlin: grade 11Brandenburg: grade 11Bremen: grade 11/12Hamburg: grade 11/12Hesse: grade 12Lower Saxony: grade 12/13North Rhine-Westphalia: grades 7–10, 12/13Rhineland-Palatinate: grade 12/13Saarland: grades 10, 12Saxony: grade 11Saxony-Anhalt: grade 11/12Schleswig-Holstein: grades 11, 12/13

Field lines of point charges

Two charges and the field rearranges itself. A test charge measures where the force is strongest.

Grade 11–12Baden-Württemberg: grade 12/13Bavaria: grade 12Berlin: grade 11Brandenburg: grade 11Bremen: grade 11/12Hamburg: grade 11/12Hesse: grade 12Lower Saxony: grade 12/13North Rhine-Westphalia: grade 12/13Rhineland-Palatinate: grade 12/13Saarland: grade 12Saxony: grade 11Saxony-Anhalt: grade 11/12Schleswig-Holstein: grades 11, 12/13

Charging and discharging a capacitor

A capacitor charges through a resistor and discharges again. The graphs show how voltage and current change over time.