1. Electricity Activities KS2
Starter Activities (Year 3 to 6)
L3 – know that a complete circuit is needed for electrical devices
L4 – Able, with help, to draw circuit diagrams to represent circuits
L5 – Able, independently, to draw circuit diagrams to represent circuits
- Draw an electric component diagram with your finger in the air
Mistakes of circuit component diagrams and how should be done
Pass the electron around the circle no gaps then a gap to show how it can’t travel around incomplete circuit
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2. Electricity Activities KS2
Steady Hand Game (Year 5/6)
L3– To be able to construct simple circuits to make electrical devices work.
Give the children the following resources: cells and holders, wires with crocodile clips, bare wire ,base boards, blu-tack, buzzers, short dowelling rods, old coat hangers. Tell them they are going to make a steady-hand game and try it out to see if it works.
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3. Year 5 Resistivity SC1 Activity Demo
Conducting wire from TTS or V.B.Rewinds, Retreat, Colmworth Road, Little Staughton, Bedfordshire, MK44 2BY Tel: Part number NC31 (28 SWG) 125g nickel-chrome reel cost £10.29 as os 2003

4. Useful Websites - www.coxhoe.durham.sch.uk/ Curriculum/Science.htm
Electric Circuits N Childs
Learning Circuits J Cooper M Jenner
changing circuits