National Science Week - Circuit Work

This week is National Science Week. In Year 6 this term we have been learning about electricity. We have made circuits with light globes, small motors, switches, insulators, conductors and batteries. We have also been learning about renewable energy sources such as solar energy and why it is so much better than non-renewable resources such as coal. Each practical experience has presented us with a challenge. One week we were asked to make a Lego building or object and then add a circuit into it. We also needed to make a circuit with a switch. Our next practical lesson is to make a robot artist and then we will conduct a myth busters experiment. Our design task and main assessment for this term will be to use a circuit to power a real-life object such as a solar powered car, a light up t-shirt, an electric fence or even a car racing track.

Mrs Linda Sydes and the Year 6 Team, Middle College Teacher