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Key Stage 2
Celldric’s House
- Identifying electrical appliances
- Identifying objects powered by cells
- Potential danger of electricity
- Electrical Safety in the home
- Identifying electrical hazards
All these areas are covered here:
National Curriculum Online > Science > key stage 2 > Sc1 Scientific enquiry
Night Night
- Using batteries
- Basic circuits
- Positive and negative poles
- Identifying problems in circuits
- Making useful circuits
All these areas are covered here:
National Curriculum Online > Science > key stage 2 > Sc4 Physical processes
Out and About
- Where does electricity come from?
- How does it arrive at our homes?
- High voltage electricity
- Where do you find high voltage electricity?
- Identifying high voltage hazards
All these areas are covered here:
National Curriculum Online > Science > key stage 2 > Sc4 Physical processes
Key Stage 3
Introducing Dave
- The effects of electricity on the human body
- Introduce the concept of voltage
- Electrical Safety in the home
- Identifying electrical hazards around the home
- Relative electricity consumption of different appliances
- Ring main
- Reducing electricity consumption
All these areas are covered here:
National Curriculum Online > Science > key stage 3 > Sc4 Physical processes
A Day Out
- The function of fuels
- The variety of fuels used to make electricity
- Renewable energy
- Environmental issues of electricity generation
- How electricity gets from the power station to our homes
- History of electricity
- Concept of voltage
- Hazards of high voltage electricity
- Safety and high voltage electricity
- Hazard identification
All these areas are covered here:
National Curriculum Online > Science > key stage 3 > Sc4 Physical processes
An Evening In
- Making useful circuits
- Electricity and circuits
- Switches
- Circuit problem solving
- How Cells work
- Current and energy
- Fuses
- Electrical safety
All these areas are covered here:
National Curriculum Online > Science > key stage 3 > Sc4 Physical processes
