Wiltshire E-Learning Project Curriculum Area: Science KS2
Learning Objective

Electricity

 
These activities are designed to supplement work done in science and should always be accompanied by some practical investigation

Software - Websites - Activities

Generic:

BBC Revisewise

Notebook icon SMART Investigation Planner

Powerpoint icon 4F Circuits and Conductors

Online activity Website
Information
Resources

Textease icon Textease
 

 

Notebook icon SmartNotebook

 

Powerpoint icon MSPowerPoint

 

Word icon MS Word

Grouping and classifying materials 1.Pupils should be taught

c) that some materials are better electrical conductors than others

 
Simulate placing different materials in a circuit
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips
www.innovationslearning.co.uk/subjects/science/

 

Identify true/false statements about conductors
www.e-schools.co.uk/revision/science

 

 
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Electricity 1. Pupils should be taught

a) to construct circuits, incorporating a battery or power supply and a range of switches, to make electrical devices work [for example, buzzers, motors]

 

Activity and information looking at simple circuits
www.bgfl.org/bgfl
www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/Phase3delivery
www.learningcircuits.co.uk/
www.andythelwell.com/blobz/
www.hyperstaffs.info/work/physics/child/index.html

 

Modelling activity comparing electrical circuit to water
www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources

 

Download free software to simulate making circuits
www.crocodile-clips.com

 

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b) how changing the number or type of components [for example, batteries, bulbs, wires] in a series circuit can make bulbs brighter or dimmer

 

Model building circuits and changing variables
www.schoolscience.co.uk/content/3/physics/circuits
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips
http://www.hyperstaffs.info/work/physics/child/index.html

 

Use light sensors to measure the brightness of bulbs in different circuits

 

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c) how to represent series circuits by drawings and conventional symbols, and how to construct series circuits on the basis of drawings and diagrams using conventional symbols.

 

Use symbols to represent circuits
www.hyperstaffs.info/work/physics/child/index.html
 
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