Section 1: a. How do electrical circuits work?
Children should learn:
- to make and test predictions about circuits
- how to represent simple circuits using symbols
- that a cell/battery provides an electric current which travels round the circuit
- that a switch breaks the circuit and stops the electric current
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Section 2: b. How do electrical circuits work?
Children should learn:
- to use ideas about complete circuits to describe how a switch works
- to devise a system for fault finding using knowledge of circuit ideas
- to test and evaluate their system
- to collaborate with others to share information and ideas, and to solve problems
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Section 3: a. What happens in a circuit?
Children should learn:
- that the nature and number of components in a circuit affects current flow
- to measure current with an ammeter
- that current in a series circuit is not used up by components
- to use the term resistance to mean opposition to flow of electricity
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Section 4: b. What happens in a circuit?
Children should learn:
- that cells and batteries are a source of electrical energy
- that a battery is a number of cells connected together with regard for polarity
- that a cell's voltage has a chemical source
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Section 5: a. How can we explain what happens in electrical circuits?
Children should learn:
- to distinguish between energy and electric current in a circuit
- to use a model to explain ideas about electric circuits
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Section 6: b. How can we explain what happens in electrical circuits?
Children should learn:
- to construct parallel circuits
- to predict the current in branches of a parallel circuit
- to identify patterns in measurements
- to apply the water model or a similar model to parallel circuits
- to consider the limitations of a model
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Section 7: a. What kinds of circuits are useful and what are the hazards?
Children should learn:
- to compare and contrast series and parallel circuits
- to plan a circuit as a model of a domestic ring main
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Section 8: b. What kinds of circuits are useful and what are the hazards?
Children should learn:
- that electrical energy from the battery is transformed by a fuse to light and heat; this can cause it to melt
- to plan safe procedures, recognising hazards
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Section 9: c. What kinds of circuits are useful and what are the hazards?
Children should learn:
- that the nerves are electrical conductors
- how scientists' ideas can be used
- to identify the main points in a text, distinguishing key points from supporting material
- to follow the sequence of actions, processes or ideas being described
- to use skimming, scanning, highlighting and note taking as appropriate to different texts
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Section 10: Reviewing work
Children should learn:
- to apply knowledge and understanding to a range of circuits
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