Lesson Two – Electrical Circuits

This design technology teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to investigate and record how to use series or parallel circuits to control a range of different components in an electrical circuit.
The class can explain and model how to join bulbs, batteries, motors and buzzers using wires to create a range of different circuits for specific purposes and functions.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to investigate and record how to use series or parallel circuits to control a range of different components in an electrical circuit
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and describe symbols used to represent components in an electrical circuit and differentiated worksheets to identify and record how to use series or parallel circuits to control components in an electrical circuit.
The interactive presentation gets the children to investigate and record how to use series or parallel circuits to 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.
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