Electricity

Year 4

Unit Overview

In the Electrical Circuits and Conductors project, your child will learn about the importance of electricity to our daily lives and the two sources, mains electricity and cells or batteries. They will discuss the dangers of mains electricity and safety measures. They will learn about a range of electrical components, such as cells, batteries, wires, lamps, buzzers and motors, and use them to construct series circuits, exploring the effect of adding and removing different components. Your child will learn to recognise the difference between a complete and incomplete circuit and examine ways of fixing incomplete circuits. They will also learn about conductivity and investigate various materials to discover which are conductive or non-conductive. Your child will learn about electrical conductors and insulators and use this knowledge to make switches and examine plugs, identifying their parts, materials and safety features. 

MEMORABLE MOMENT

Creating circuits and using conductors and insulators in the circuits. 

️✏️ WRITING OPPORTUNITIES

Children will write up full investigations in detail. This will include equipment list, method, labelled diagram, results and conclusion..

🌳 LEARNING OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM

Children will go into the playground and make a human circuit to explore the question, "What happens if the circuit breaks?"

Unit Sequence: Learning Intentions

Scientific Enquiry: Investigations

🏁 BIG FINISH

Children will complete an investigation. 

📖 FOCUS TEXT(S) 

The children will explore a variety of high quality texts, which link to electricity.