Unit 2f:
Using Electricity
Identify common appliances which use electricity; describe the dangers associated with mains electricity; construct and make drawings of simple working circuits and explain why some circuits work and others do not.
Teaching Activities
Direct2U Lesson Plan
Children use Crocodile Clips - a piece of software that can be freely downloaded from the Internet. The program provides on-screen tools which allow pupils to select basic pieces of virtual electrical equipment and connect these together in a circuit. Connections are made by clicking and dragging virtual wires between the terminals. For example children can connect a bulb to a battery and see what happens. Switches can be included, and when a switch is thrown (it rocks when clicked) the virtual bulb, virtually lights or the virtual buzzer actually buzzes.
Direct2U
Word Processing
Combine picture and text when writing simple sentences about electricity.
Use a microscope to look at an unlit bulb.
Websites
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| andythelwell.com/ | The Electricity Book www.bgfl.org |
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| Learn about Circuits learningcircuits.co.uk | Get Physical Ch 4 Science Essentials | Build a Circuit bbc.co.uk |
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| What is Electricity? bgfl.org | IWB Activity www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk | Safety Game epcor.ca |
| Information and Activities electricityineducation.co.uk |
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