Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and describe symbols used to represent components in an electrical circuit, a worksheet to record how to use materials to make a switch that can control components in an electrical circuit and a shared reading text to follow a set of instructions to make a switch that can control components in an electrical circuit.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to select and use materials to make a switch that can control components in an electrical circuit.

This lesson is part of a design technology scheme of work to get the children to select and install an electrical system into a product using different materials and components to make a lighting device for families to use at home. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.