Electricity & Circuits Workshop (KS1-KS2)
Workshop Provider: Hyett Education
Workshop Themes & Tags: Electricity, Circuits, Science, Physics, STEM
Age Suitability: Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2
Delivery Locations: England, Scotland, Wales
Workshop Summary:
Learn how everyday appliances use electricity: light it up & heat it up!
This workshop will introduce primary school children to electricity and circuits by interacting with and building with Snap Circuits. We use Snap Circuits to teach basic engineering, electronics and circuitry concepts by building and assembling electronic circuits on a simple “rows-and-columns” base grid.
The workshop will cover the following objectives from the national curriculum in Science:
identify common appliances that run on electricity
construct a simple series electrical circuit, identifying and naming its basic parts, including cells, wires, bulbs, switches and buzzers
identify whether or not a lamp will light in a simple series circuit, based on whether or not the lamp is part of a complete loop with a battery
recognise that a switch opens and closes a circuit and associate this with whether or not a lamp lights in a simple series circuit
recognise some common conductors and insulators, and associate metals with being good conductors
Challenges can include the use of resistors (various ohms), alarms, speakers, buzzers, switches (buttons and sliders), motors and fans amongst others.
The workshop is easily adaptable and can be differentiated for SEN learners and Gifted and Talented learners.
