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Hook: Most high school students think electricity is magic — flip a switch, light turns on. Teaching electric circuits means replacing that mental model with something real: charges flowing through paths they can trace, measure, and predict. If you've ever watched a student wire a series circuit, stare at a dead bulb, and say "it should work." — you know exactly where this is going. This post breaks down how to teach electric circuits so your students actually get it, from Ohm's Law to parallel vs. series, with classroom-ready activities you can use tomorrow. Why Electric Circuits Trip Up So...