You Will Need
Provided Resources
- General cost details
- Presentation prompts
Additional resources
- Electrical equipment
- Range of materials and tools for design features (see materials request forms from Session 4)
Create festive lights prototype
Science Year 6
This unit is part of
Year 6 Science Electric Celebrations
Objectives
Start putting your ideas and research into action as you create your festive lights and decorations.
Science Objectives
i) Associate the brightness of a lamp or the volume of a buzzer with the number and voltage of cells used in the circuit.
ii) Compare and give reasons for variations in how components function, including the brightness of bulbs, the loudness of buzzers and the on/off position of switches.
iii) Use recognised symbols when representing a simple circuit in a diagram.
Working Scientifically
- Report and present findings from enquiries, including conclusions, causal relationships and explanations of and degree of trust in results, in oral and written forms such as displays and other presentations.
- Identify scientific evidence that has been used to support or refute ideas or arguments.
Other Curriculum Areas
Design and Technology
- Generate, develop, model and communicate their ideas through to creation of a prototype. Select from and use a wider range of tools and equipment to perform practical tasks accurately. Select from and use a wider range of materials and components, according to their functional properties and aesthetic qualities. Evaluate ideas and products against design criteria and consider the views of others to improve their work. Understand and use electrical systems in their products.
Lesson Planning
Teaching
- Build a working circuit.
- Explain how components work.
- Select appropriate batteries.
- Create a prototype of their design.
- Use working electrical systems within their prototype.
- Use tools and materials effectively in their prototype, adapting as they work.
Activities
- Create a working electrical prototype and identify possible improvements.
- Effectively use appropriate materials, tools and equipment.
- Explain clearly how components work.
- Explain clearly the effect that different voltages have on components in a circuit.
Investigation - exploring, problem solving
Design and create a light decoration circuit.
Vocabulary
Electricity, appliances/device, electrical circuit, complete circuit, circuit diagram, circuit symbol, components, cell, battery, positive/negative, terminal, connect/connection, loose connection, short circuit, wire, crocodile clip, bulb, bright/dim, switch, buzzer, volume, motor, fast(er)/slow(er), conductor, insulator, metal/non metal, voltage, current, resistance