Exploring Circuits

This afternoon we were investigating circuits. We were using batteries for an energy source, crocodile clips, light bulbs, and buzzers. When our circuits didn't work, we had to locate where the gap in the circuit was that was allowing the energy to escape.

Static Electricity

We were reading a book at the end of the day that talked about static electricity so we did some quick exploring with balloons and tissue paper.

If you want to find out more click on the images below. Try out some of the other investigations at home - we would love to hear about what you discover.

Bill Nye the Science Guy Clips

Click on the images below to see the clips we looked at in class about electricity.

What uses electricity?

This afternoon we talked about things that need energy in order to work. Our group challenge was to find as many pictures of objects that use electricity from magazines as we could in ten minutes. Each person had a different job to do; materials manager, recorder, time keeper or reporter. Tomorrow we will talk about what we have found.

Science Alive - Electrifying Electricity

The atmosphere was electrifying in Room 18 this morning.  We learnt about electricity, power sources, batteries, currents, electrons, circuits (series and parallel) and circuit diagrams , LEDs, switches, conductors and insulators. How many can you explain to someone at home?

Once we had this sussed everyone got to build their own night light. They looked very impressive when we pulled the curtains and made the room darker. 

If you want to try some of these ideas at home you can get the kits from Electroflash. Many of the children wanted this link to their website so I have put it on the image below. Alternatively there are some fun BrainBox kits you can pick up online and at retail outlets.