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QCA

Science at key stages 1 and 2    (Year 4)

Unit 4F: Circuits and conductors

QCA
About this unit

This unit builds on children's previous practical experience of making circuits and extends their understanding of circuits, conductors and insulators and the need for a complete circuit in order for a device to work. Children are introduced to ways in which they can vary the current in a circuit.

Experimental and investigative work focuses on:

  • using ideas about circuits to construct circuits and investigate how they work
  • using results to draw conclusions.
Work in this unit also offers opportunities for children to relate their knowledge about electricity to everyday contexts and to recognise and take action to avoid hazards and risks to themselves.

This unit takes approximately 10 hours.


Sections in this unit

This unit is divided into sections. Each section contains a sequence of activities with related objectives and outcomes. You can view this unit by moving through the sections or print/download the whole unit.
1. Making circuits that work
2. Mains and battery-powered circuits
3. Conducting electricity
4. Conducting and insulating materials
5. Switches
6. Adding batteries
7. Changing circuits
8. Review