Lesson Planning

Teaching

• Plan and set up investigations to test a range of materials for electrical conductivity (Y5&6)
• Record and present findings in a suitable graph/table (Y5&6)
  

Activities

1. Identify materials that do and do not conduct electricity (Y5&6)
2. Plan, set up and present findings from a fair test investigation looking at the electricity conducting properties of materials (Y5&6)
3. Compare thermal and electrical conduction (Y5&6)
   

Investigation
Toy Shop Challenge (electric conductivity). Electrical health and safety is always key at Topps Toys – the new owner wants recommendations for materials that conduct electricity and those that won’t for a new range of electrical toys. (Problem solving, Exploring, Fair testing, Classifying and identifying)
Year 5 - Plan and set up an investigation looking at the electricity conducting properties of materials. Identify materials that do and do not conduct electricity and compare thermal and electrical conduction
Year 6 - Independently plan, set up and present findings from a fair test investigation looking at the electricity conducting properties of materials. Identify materials that do and do not conduct electricity and compare thermal and electrical conduction

Vocabulary
Variables, bar graph, fair test, electrical conductor, electrical insulator