Today in year 4 we have had a Science day ran by Electricity North West called ‘Bright Sparks Electricity Day’. We have had lots of fun learning all about Electricity.
Today the children have learnt all about different types of appliances that run on electricity. The children built a series of different electrical circuits and identified each element in the circuit such as: cells, wires, bulbs, switches, buzzers and motors.
The children then went on to learn about common conductors and insulators. The children used their boards to test different conductors such as: Iron paperclip, a piece of aluminium foil and a copper coin or wire. The different insulators were a plastic ruler, a piece of string, a rubber band and a wooden stick. Children found out that metal was the best type of materials for conductors.
The children finished the day by reading a poem all about electricity and looking at different types of jobs linked to Electricity.
The children have learnt lots of exciting and new facts today and I was very impressed with the knowledge they already had before we started the workshop today. Well done Year 4.
Science Day
