Unit 2F: Using electricity
General
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1. Finding electrical appliances
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Click here on worksheet on what uses electricity. Could extend it to batteries and mains.
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2. Electrical safety
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3. Using batteries and making connections
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4. Making a circuit
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5. Investigating different circuits
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Click here to complete the circuit.
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Click here for a worksheet on different circuits.
6. Making useful circuits
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Click here to make a house. Then you just need to add some lights inside.
Click here for ideas on how to make a model light house.
Click here for ideas on building the hungry lightkeepers light house.
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