electricity

Unit overview: Children investigate how electrical, light, heat, sound and movement energies are used in their homes and at school. Children investigate how electrical circuits operate.

Author(s): Yvonne Mutton, Gill McKenzie

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Band: A - Early Years

Strand: Energy Systems

Duration: Approximately 6 lessons

Published: July 2002

Financial assistance for the development of this resource was provided by The National Quality Teacher Program

Context: Two teachers wrote this unit collaboratively, based on successful activities they had used to teach Energy Systems R-2 in various urban schools.
Key Idea: Children investigate how an electrical circuit works.
Elements of the SACSA Framework
Essential Learnings
Key Competencies
Outcome (SACSA Standards)

Communication

Thinking

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2: Communicating ideas and information
3 : Planning and organising activities

6: Solving problems
7: Using technology

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