Use this Year 4 What is a Circuit? Investigation to enable children to safely explore how to create an electrical circuit using components such as a cell, wires, crocodile clips and a bulb. The presentation features key vocabulary, pre- and post-assessments, a motivating question to solve, teaching slides and activities. You can be sure your pupils will be on task throughout! Download it now for a really engaging lesson!

National Curriculum Objectives:

• 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.