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Resource Name |
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Objectives |
Resource Details |
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Vocabulary for unit 4e
(9 pages) |
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To use appropriate technical vocabulary for this unit |
Vocabulary to use during the unit – 4
words on each page |
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Investigate lights
(8 pages) |
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IDEAS
To learn about the properties of a
variety of lights |
Pictures and names of a variety of
lights and lamps. Question to find answer for each type of
light (can be done individually or group work) |
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Investigate torches
(1 page) |
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IDEAS
To learn about the properties of a
variety of lights |
Use three torches to investigate and
record the given properties for each one |
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Which light?
(1 page) |
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IDEA’S
To learn that
lights are designed with the particular needs of the user in mind and
that these needs can vary widely |
Give descriptions of light suitable for
the given purposes and draw a picture or find a suitable
picture of your choice |
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Find some lights
(1 pages) |
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IDEA’S
To learn that
lights can be switched on and off using remote control or a
control device |
Around the school, find out and record
the types, place of lights and how they are turned on and
off |
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Investigate switches
(1 page) |
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IDEA’S
To learn that
lights can be switched on and off using remote control or a
control device |
Investigate how a switch works and use a variety of
materials to make switches.
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Investigating a torch
(1 page) |
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IDEA’S
To learn that lights are
made out of a variety of materials suited to a particular
purpose |
From the child’s or groups given torches, record findings by
giving answers to the given questions |
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How an electric light bulb works
(1 page) |
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FPT’S
To learn how to make a
simple circuit, incorporating a battery, light bulb,
different switches and connecting wires in a safe manner |
Information about the light bulb – brief notes about
inventor and how it works. Record how useful it is.
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How to make a torch
(1 page)
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FPT’S
To learn how to make a
simple circuit, incorporating a battery, light bulb,
different switches and connecting wires in a safe manner |
Instructions and diagrams on how to make a torch |
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Making switches
(1 page) |
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FPT’S
To learn how to make a
simple circuit, incorporating a battery, light bulb,
different switches and connecting wires in a safe manner |
Use the picture templates to make switches using different
materials to light up a circuit |
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Circuits and batteries
(9 slides) |
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FPT’S
To learn how to make a
simple circuit, incorporating a battery, light bulb,
different switches and connecting wires in a safe manner |
A PowerPoint presentation to show how circuits work, which
batteries can be used and how switches can be made |
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Will these circuits work
(1 page) |
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FPT’S
To learn how to find a
fault in a simple circuit and to correct it |
Will the bulb light up in the given circuits? |
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Will it work
(1 page) |
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FPT’S
To learn how to find a
fault in a simple circuit and to correct it |
Draw circuit diagrams for the given descriptions, then state
whether it will work and why |
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Testing materials
(1 page) |
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FPT’S
To learn that a variety
of metals will conduct electricity |
Construct a circuit to test which materials let electricity
pass through. Record results and give a conclusion |
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Conductor materials
(1 page) |
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FPT’S
To learn that a variety
of metals will conduct electricity |
Make a circuit using different materials to join the
crocodile clips. Record conductors or insulators |
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Design plan and evaluate a light
(3 pages) |
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DMA’s
To design plan and evaluate a light |
Record how you design a light, then plan to make it,
then evaluate the finished product |
