Session One: Electricty
Objectives
After Session One, students should understand that:
- We use electricity all the time for many everyday appliances
- Electricity is made in power stations by burning fossil fuels
- Electricity is a form of energy
National Curriculum Links: Key Stage 2
- Science:
- Sc3/2g Changing Materials
- Geography:
- 2d Use of secondary sources
- 5a Environmental Change and sustainable development
- English:
Links to DCSF/QCA Schemes of Work
Activity 1 could contribute to Science Unit 2F "
Using Electricity"
Lesson plan, procedures and teachers' notes
Activity 1 Life without electricity
Class discussion about where electricity comes from and how we depend on it.
Activity 1
Procedure (27kb, doc)
PowerPoint slides
Life Before Electricity (470kb, ppt)
Activity 2 How electricity is produced
Explanation about what happens in a power station and how the electricity is transported to homes.
Activity 2
Procedure (33kb, doc)
Powerpoint slides
How is electricity produced (333kb, ppt)
(Examples of fossil fuels are available in the Resources Box).
Activity 3 Fossil fuels research
Group work to investigate the three fossil fuels and present findings to the class.
Activity 3
Procedure (26kb, doc)
Fossil fuel
fact cards and photographs (1,284kb, pdf) (also available in Resources Box)
Fossil fuel presentation
worksheet (28kb, doc)
Activity 4 Moving electricity
Further explanation about how electricity is moved from the power station to the places it is used.
Activity 4
Procedure (26kb, doc)
Activity 5 The Power Line
Physical activity to demonstrate the movement of electricity.
Activity 5
Procedure (27kb, doc)
Power line
story (27kb, doc)
(Power line
picture cards (220kb, pdf) are available in the Resources Box).
Activity 6 Power cut!
Homework : Power cut
worksheet (180kb, doc) about how we might live without electricity.
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session two