Physical Sciences: Electricity Week 2 Term 3

Think, pair, share.

What do you know about electricity and the different sources of energy?
Write and/or draw to explain.

Make some observations of a torch.

1. List the different parts you observe. (use the bottom half of the page)

2. Draw a cutaway diagram to show the inside of a torch.

Your diagram should include a title, labelled drawing with lines and arrows to show the
different parts. (use a full page)

Physical Sciences: Electricity Week 2 Term 3

Think, pair, share.

What do you know about electricity and the different sources of energy?
Write and/or draw to explain.

Make some observations of a torch.

1. List the different parts you observe. (use the bottom half of the page)

2. Draw a cutaway diagram to show the inside of a torch.

Your diagram should include a title, labelled drawing with lines and arrows to show the
different parts. (use a full page)
 Science Week Year 5_6_7 Part 1: Drones Droids and Robots Week 4 Term 3

Drones, Droids and Robots is the school theme for National Science Week 2016. It was was
chosen specifically to highlight STEM - Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths by
focusing on autonomous systems technology.

Our expectations of technology in the real world often come from science fiction content.
From the imagination of writers such things as lasers, robots, rocket ships and atomic power
were all described in science fiction long before they became science fact. Inspiration from
science fiction has lead researchers and designers to develop novel devices and systems that
change the ways we do things.
Write and/ or draw about technology you have seen in movies or a TV show that has
become real or you would like to become real.

A machine is an object invented by humans to help in their daily tasks.

Everyone would agree that drones, droids and robots are machines but what makes them
different from each other and different from other machines?

Watch: Elesapiens - Technology, Robotics and Machines

and Stop/Rewind about the history of robots: https://riaus.tv/videos/stoprewind-episode-1-robots

Create a Venn diagram

How are robots the same as or different from other machines?
Physical Sciences: Electricity Term 3 Week 8 and 9
Electrical energy can be transferred and transformed in electrical circuits and can be generated from
a range of sources.
Learning goal: To recognise that recognising the need for a complete circuit to allow the flow of
electricity and investigating different electrical conductors and insulators.
Watch Physical Science for Children All About Electricity (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOudWLBaYLM)
A conductor allows electricity to easily flow through it. In order to build a circuit, we must provide a continuous
The conductive dough contains salt, which helps path for electricity to flow from a power source (for
electricity flow through the dough because the salt example, a battery), through a conductor, into a device
(sodium chloride, or NaCl) separates into sodium (Na+) that uses the power (for example, a light bulb), and back
and chlorine (Cl-) ions. An insulator does not let through another conductor to the power source. This is
electricity flow through it easily. Because of this, they act called a closed circuit. If this continuous path is broken
as a wall to electricity and the electricity must go around anywhere, electricity will not flow and the light bulb will
them. If a path around the insulator is not available, the not work. This is called an open circuit. If the conductors
circuit cannot be completed. The insulating dough recipe in a closed circuit are touched together, it forms a new
does not use salt, so no ions are available to allow type of undesirable circuit called a short circuit.
electricity to flow. Electricity will still flow through the circuit, but the light
***********************SAFETY************************ bulb will not work. This is because the light bulb has a
Dont connect the 9V battery directly to the LED, it higher resistance than the conductors, and the electricity
may burn the LED out. is lazy it would rather travel through the conductors
Dont cross the wires on the battery connectors when they are touching than use extra effort to travel
this will short out the battery! It may heat up and through the light bulb. There are two types of closed
explode. circuits: series and parallel circuits. Series circuits only
Always be careful when experimenting with provide one path for electricity to flow. Parallel circuits
electricity. High voltages and high currents can be provide multiple paths for electricity to flow.
deadly. For example, they should never stick wires
or other objects into wall sockets. Its best to
always do these activities with adult supervision.
Building Squishy Circuits


1. Begin with two lumps of the conductive dough.
Plug one wire from the battery pack into each piece and bridge the gap with a LED.
What do you notice? Does the LED light up? ______________________________________________________________________
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2. Take the LED out and flip it around so that each leg is in the opposite piece of conductive dough.
What do you notice? Does the LED light up?_______________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The LED only works in one direction. The longer terminal should be attached to the positive (red) wire from the
battery pack. This is called a closed circuit.




3. Next, pull one of the LED legs out of the dough.
Does the LED light up? ? _____________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
In the last step, the LED went out because we broke the loop of electricity this is called an open circuit.



4. Put the LED leg back in, so your LED is on.
Now, push the two pieces of conductive dough together.
Does the LED light up________________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

In the last step, the LED went out this is called a short circuit.