PGCE, SCITT or ECT science teacher?
Get Electricity Explained for free until the end of your ECT program in return for feedback
The simulation helps you understand and teach circuits
Students find ideas like voltage, current, and power really hard to visualise. The simulation is a mathematical model with a visual output that responds in exactly the same way that a simple idealised circuit responds.
Eighteen lessons covering the whole KS3/4 current electricity syllabus
Electricity Explained uses only 11-16 concepts in a way that enriches the syllabus, rather than expanding it.
Supports your whole-class teaching, or self-paced lessons
Simulations and animations
For whole-class teaching
3-minute videos
For the classroom or for home learning
Online quizzes
Based on the visuals you’ve used to teach
Familiar topics founded on a deep understanding of circuits
It’s easy to deliver the syllabus you already use, but there’s a lot under the hood to help teachers develop their own understanding of circuits.
A bit about me
I’ve thought very hard about teaching and learning electricity for over twenty years, and I’m still developing my ideas.
Furry Elephant - Electricity Explained’s predecessor - was used by hundreds of schools all over the world, and this new version is tighter and easier to use in the classroom, but sacrifices none of the depth that FE fans loved.
I’ve run CPD for the IoP and ASE, and was a subject matter expert reviewer for the OUP. But I’m not a classroom teacher any more, and so I need feedback from the chalk face about what works and what doesn’t.
This is me - Julian Hamm - at home in Devon.
Use the promotion code EARLY-CAREER to get free access
For an individual teacher to use in front of their classes. Simulations, animations, videos, quizzes and printable resources.
There’s no automatic transition to a paid subscription. It’s your decision what you do at the end of your ECT program, but since we’ll have been in touch throughout the process to swap feedback ideas, there’s no cliff-edge decision.
FAQ
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I want to support you during your whole journey from the start of your PGCE or SCITT until you achieve full Qualified Teacher Status.
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Yes, but it requires an extra sign-up step. Get in touch, and I’ll walk you through it.
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Yes, but the set up is slightly different. Just get in touch and I’ll walk you through it.
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Whatever works for you - I value your time, so I don’t want to make the process burdensome. I’m thinking swapping some emails, and probably a Zoom call.
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Electricity Explained is a commercial product, and obviously I’d like schools to take out a paid subscription in the long run.
But what I need early on is teachers using EE in class, seeing the impact on their students, and then letting me know. There’s lots of stuff that EE does for free, so you don’t ever need to subscribe.
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