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Lesson 2: What is the Underlying Causality of a Simple Circuit?

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Lesson 2: What is the Underlying Causality of a Simple Circuit?

This lesson asks students to unpack their implicit causal models and to consider a Cyclic Simultaneous Model for explaining electrical flow at the particle level. It aims to help students move beyond Simple Linear or Cyclic Sequential Models. They discuss the models that they hold for how a simple circuit works in light of the supporting evidence. The Cyclic Simultaneous Model for energy flow is introduced and critiqued along with the other models.

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