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St Paul's R.C. Primary School

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And Achieve Beyond Our Dreams

Science

This half term the children have been learning about electricity.

Home Learning

Choose a scientist, research them and then create a poster all about their discoveries related to electricity.

Useful Vocabulary

Electricity

Appliances: fridge, freezer, TV, computer, iron, kettle, etc

Series circuit

Components: battery, bulb (lamp), bulb (lamp) holder, buzzer, crocodile clip, leads, wires, switch

Describing words: brighter, duller, slow, fast, quiet, loud

Conductor, insulator

Effects of electricity: Light, sound, movement, heat

Switches – open, close

The following scientists made discoveries related to electricity.

Benjamin Franklin (1706-90)

Charles Augustin Coulomb (1736-1806)

Alessandro Volta (1745-1827)

Andre-Marie Ampere (1775-1836)

Benjamin Franklin Showed that lightning is caused by electricity

Charles Augustin Coulomb Invented instruments to measure forces between charges

Alessandro Volta Invented the first battery

Andre Marie Ampere Measure the amount of current flowing in a circuit

Video Clips

Dangers of electricity

Uses of electricity

How an electric circuit works

Conductors and insulators