Electrical health and safety

Electrical health and safety is always key at the Bestival Music Festival - recommendations are required for waterproof electrical insulating materials as well as those that will conduct electricity when breakages happen and emergency repairs are required. Can you investigate the best materials for the electrical H&S team?

Science Objectives
i) Compare and group together everyday materials on the basis of their properties, including their hardness, transparency, and conductivity (electrical and thermal).

ii) Give reasons, based on evidence from comparative and fair tests, for the particular uses of everyday materials, including metals, wood and plastic.

Working Scientifically

1. Plan different types of scientific enquiries to answer questions, including recognising and controlling variables where necessary.
2. Take measurements, using a range of scientific equipment, with increasing accuracy and precision, taking repeat readings when appropriate.
3. Record data and results of increasing complexity using scientific diagrams and labels, classification keys, tables, scatter graphs, bar and line graphs.
4. 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.