S04E01: South West | Local Heroes

S04E01: South West | Local Heroes

Current, potential difference and resistance | BBC Two | 1999 | 29'09''

This week he reveals the heroes of Bath, Stroud, Dorset and the New Forest, from the inventor of concrete to a pioneer of static electricit...

Alternating and direct current | GCSE Bitesize Revision

Alternating and direct current | GCSE Bitesize Revision

Current, potential difference and resistance | BBC Two | 2010 | 35'''

Spec references J249: P8.2h J250: P6.2g. Alternating and direct current. Description and animation.

Ohm’s law | GCSE Bitesize Revision

Ohm’s law | GCSE Bitesize Revision

Current, potential difference and resistance | BBC Two | 2010 | 2'07''

. Ohm's law V = IR with worked example narrated slides.

Resistance | Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity

Resistance | Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity

Current, potential difference and resistance | BBC Four | 2011 | 4'44''

Jim Al-Khalili explains how, as we made microchips smaller, the electrical feature of resistance was becoming more probl...

Alternating current | Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity

Alternating current | Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity

Current, potential difference and resistance | BBC Four | 2011 | 5'14''

Nikola Tesla invented alternating current (AC) which allowed no electrical power to be lost when passing throug...

What is electricity | Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity

What is electricity | Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity

Current, potential difference and resistance | BBC Four | 2011 | 1'49''

An electric current is essentially the flow of electrons (which are electrically charged) from one atom to anot...

Voltaic Pile | Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity

Voltaic Pile | Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity

Current, potential difference and resistance | BBC Four | 2011 | 5'06''

Invented by Italian chemist Alessandro Volta in 1799, the voltaic pile was the first electrical battery that could con...

Positive and negative charges | Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity

Positive and negative charges | Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity

Current, potential difference and resistance | BBC Four | 2011 | 3'18''

Benjamin Franklin discovered that electricity could be like money in a bank, it could be in credit (p...
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