Year 4 Science - Electricity Unit

In this unit children will be re-introduced to the topic of electricity. This 7 lesson unit pack includes interactive whiteboard slides, detailed lesson plans, and daily differentiated activities to support your class.

Pupils will be taught to:

• 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.

Working scientifically skills to be worked on:
• asking relevant questions and using different types of scientific enquiries to answer them

• setting up simple practical enquiries, comparative and fair tests

• making systematic and careful observations and, where appropriate, taking accurate measurements using standard units, using a range of equipment, including thermometers and data loggers

• gathering, recording, classifying and presenting data in a variety of ways to help in answering questions

• recording findings using simple scientific language, drawings, labelled diagrams, keys, bar charts, and tables

• reporting on findings from enquiries, including oral and written explanations, displays or presentations of results and conclusions

• using results to draw simple conclusions, make predictions for new values, suggest improvements and raise further questions

• identifying differences, similarities or changes related to simple scientific ideas and processes

• using straightforward scientific evidence to answer questions or to support their findings.