These Year 4 'Lighting It Up' lesson plans are sure to get your class lit up about DT! With focused, practical hands-on activities and a variety of design and investigation tasks, these lessons will give your class the chance to find out about circuits, metal components and switches before designing and making their very own lights.
Containing everything you need to teach this electrical scheme of work, including lesson plans, slides, activity ideas, differentiated worksheets and much more, these DT 'Lighting It Up' lessons are sure to have idea light bulbs pinging on over their heads in no time!
The first lesson in this unit gives your class the opportunity to investigate a range of different lights and think about their different components and how they are designed to suit the purpose they were created for.
After studying how circuits work and how to create a simple circuit using batteries, bulbs and wires, your class will investigate which metal components (paper clips, scissors, coins, tin foil, etc.) conduct electricity to complete the circuit.
Your class will learn how to control a light bulb by using switches in this lesson as they investigate how to use different materials and techniques to make their own switches in a simple circuit.
This lesson consolidates everything your class have learnt about circuits, components and switches as they design their own light for a particular purpose.
Put their skills to the test in this lesson as the apply what they have learnt while making their lights from their designs.
Please note that, due to the practical nature of this lesson, worksheets are not necessary and, therefore – not included. Children may refer to completed worksheets from previous lessons.
The final lesson in this module allows your class to reflect on the designing and making process as they evaluate their finished lights.
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