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Science overview- Electricity
Year Four Summer (First Half) 2016
Week
1
Main objective
To understand the differences
between batteries and mains
electricity.
Focus/task
Design a poster to highlight the potential
dangers of electrical appliances.
Key vocabulary
Battery, mains,
electricity, safe
hazard, danger,
dangerous
2
To understand what an electrical
circuit is.
Power, electricity,
battery, cell,
component, wire,
crocodile clip bulb,
bulb holder
3
To investigate electrical conductors
4
To understand cables and plugs.
Make a simple circuit & recognise
when/why a circuit will not work.
Understand that a circuit needs a source
of power & a device that uses that power
to make it work. Use pictures to
represent components of an electrical
circuit in drawings.
Carry out an enquiry to find out which
materials are good electrical conductors
& which are good electrical insulators.
Where these materials might be used?
Discover what to do if someone has an
electric shock.
Relate the electrical conductivity of
materials to their uses in wires & plugs &
find out how to wire a plug successfully.
Understand that wires are coloured to
keep people who are colour blind safe.
Study the phenomenon of static
electricity.
Taken (and adapted) from Hamilton Trust unit: Electricity
Other curriculum links
PSHE personal safety,
English speaking and
listening- reasoning and
supporting
ideas/opinions with
evidence.
Maths, use of
reasoning. English
comprehension skills.
Conductor,
insulator,
PSHE personal safety
fuse, cable, plug,
earth, live, neutral
PSHE personal safety
Science overview- Electricity
Year Four Summer (First Half) 2016
5
To investigate how switches work.
6
To understand what makes a bulb
brighter.
7
To create a working circuit to show
an interactive map.
Discover that switches are used to break
an electrical circuit & that switches are
used to stop and start an electrical
appliance or to change how it works.
There are various forms of switches.
Design, make & test own switch.
Set up an enquiry to find out how
changing the number of components in a
series circuit can make a bulb brighter or
dimmer. Swap the bulbs for motors or
buzzers & make further enquiries.
Predict, use fair tests & draw conclusions.
Use knowledge and skills from previous
units to create a working circuit that can
be fitted inside a box to create an
interactive map of France.
Taken (and adapted) from Hamilton Trust unit: Electricity
Switch, circuit, bulb,
component, break,
power, conductor
Maths, reasoning and
problem solving
Cell, circuit, buzzer,
battery, motor,
voltage, brighter,
brightness, dim
dimmer
Maths, reasoning and
problem solving
All as above, this
block is a revision of
prior skills and
knowledge.
Geography, French,
PSHE & Maths problem
solving and reasoning