1. Science - Year 3/4B Summer 2 Electric Personalities
Electricity
Electric Personalities
Session 1
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2. An Electric Personality
At the end of this science topic you will have learnt enough about electricity to build your very own working model
An Electric Personality
My eyes flash red
My head lights up
I speak in a buzz language
I am holding a buzz wire game
My antennae spins around
My eyes light up

3. It is a good idea to begin collecting recycled packaging as soon as possible so that everyone has plenty to choose from when it’s time to begin your model!

4. Now it’s time to find out more about electricity by playing a guessing game.

5. This game is called “Five Lives” because each time you make a mistake you lose a life.
Once you have lost all five of your lives, you are out.
Some questions are easy and some are hard. Just give each question your best guess.

6. Each question has 2 possible answers: one on the left and one on the right. You must choose which you think is correct and stand on that side of the line. If you are wrong, you lose a life!
Count the lives you have lost by holding up fingers in front of you. Hold up one finger for each life lost. If the whole class is out, then everyone is back in again!
Let’s begin!

7. 1. Electricity is a type of …
power station
energy

8. 2. Electricity …
Occurs naturally
Can only be made by people

9. 3. Electricity is caused by the movement of tiny particles that orbit around the edges of atoms. Each of these particles has a small negative charge. They are called …
electrons
neutrons

10. location electricity static electricity
4. Sometimes electrical energy can build up in one place. This is called …
location electricity
static electricity

11. magnetic electrically charged
5. Balloons can gather static electricity when you rub them on a carpet or jumper. These balloons will attract hair or tissue paper pieces because they have become …
magnetic
electrically charged

12. 6. Lightning is caused by a build up of static electricity
6. Lightning is caused by a build up of static electricity. As rain clouds move through the sky, they rub against the air around them and generate a huge electrical charge. Eventually, when the charge is big enough, the lightning leaps to Earth. A bolt of lightning contains enough electricity to light up to 100 powerful lamps for …
an hour
a day

13. 7. When a lightning bolt travels to earth, the electrons move from one place to another. This is a type of electric current. Appliances that have plugs, connect to an electric current that flows into buildings …
along copper wires
along nylon threads

14. 8. Electricity travels …
at the speed of sound
(343 metres per second)
at the speed of light
(almost 300, 000, 000 metres per second)

15. 200 inventions 2,000 inventions
9. An American called Thomas Edison conducted lots of experiments on electricity and opened the first electric power plant in He invented lots of electrical household items and many of his ideas are still being used today. Over his lifetime he made more than …
200 inventions
2,000 inventions

16. 10. A machine that converts other types of energy into electrical energy is called …
a generator
a lightning conductor

17. 11. Electricity can be made from many other kinds of energy, for example by burning coal or wood chips or by using wind, wave or solar power. If a power source will never run out, we call it a renewable energy source. Which of these power sources is not renewable?
Wave Power generator
Water turbine
Wind turbine
Solar panels
Coal Power Station
wind
coal

18. batteries or cells power cylinders
12. Electricity can be stored so that it can be used in portable devices and toys. The electricity is stored in …
batteries or cells
power cylinders

19. 13. People often use the word battery to describe this object, but in fact this is incorrect. A single one like this is called a …
generator
cell

20. 14. When you are referring to more than one, it is called a
series
battery

21. All of them except the kite
15. Electricity is safe to use if you respect its power and always follow the safety rules, but it can be very dangerous or even deadly when these rules are broken. Which of these are dangerous?
Overloading power sockets
Using appliances with frayed cables
Pocking things into power sockets
Flying kites near overhead power lines
Using electricity near water or with wet hands
All of them except the kite
All of them

22. 16. Electric eels can produce an electric shock to stun their prey
16. Electric eels can produce an electric shock to stun their prey. This shock is equivalent to about …
5,000 volts
500 volts

23. Congratulations to everyone who is still in!
End of Game!
Congratulations to everyone who is still in!