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Lesson Plan: Ammeters Science • Third Year of Preparatory School
This lesson plan includes the objectives, prerequisites, and exclusions of the lesson teaching students how to use ammeters in electric circuits to measure the current through a component in the circuit.
Objectives
Students will be able to
- recognize that current can be measured using an ammeter,
- recall the circuit symbol for an ammeter,
- recall that an ammeter must be connected in series in a circuit.
Prerequisites
Students should already be familiar with
- the circuit symbols for several basic circuit components (e.g., a cell, a bulb, a buzzer, a motor),
- how to draw and interpret single-loop circuits with one cell or battery,
- what electric charge and current are.
Exclusions
Students will not cover
- voltmeters,
- how ammeters work,
- resistors and resistance,
- ohmmeters,
- complex parallel circuits,
- why ammeters must be connected in series.
