FREE PRIMARY SCIENCE · Year 6
Electric circuits
How does a circuit move energy from a battery to make light, heat, sound or movement?
Lesson 1 runs entirely on the iPad: students light a bulb on screen and test which materials conduct. Lessons 2 and 3 use low-cost, low-voltage kits (AA cells, globes or LEDs, wires or foil, paper clips and split pins) to build circuits with switches, test classroom objects, and track how energy is transformed. Only 1.5 V cells are used, never mains power.
3 free lessons · Australian Curriculum v9
Lessons in this topic
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Light the bulb
What does a bulb need to light up?
Open free interactive lesson →Build it, switch it
How can we build a circuit with a switch, and which classroom objects conduct?
Open free interactive lesson →Follow the energy
What happens to energy in a circuit, and how do we stay safe with electricity?
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