Year 6 - Science
Electrical careers
Changing circuits
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Unit Summary
This unit explores how circuit components like lamps and buzzers function, including the effect of cell number and voltage. It covers using symbols in circuit diagrams, planning scientific enquiries, taking precise measurements, recording data, and presenting findings with evidence and conclusions.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to identify different careers involving electricity and research these further using secondary sources of information.
Key Notes
- Some careers, such as electrician, are linked to the installation and maintenance of electrical systems.
- There are a wide variety of careers available to young people today involving electrical technology.
- Some careers, such as power plant operators and line workers, involve generating and transporting electricity.
- Careers in electronics involve designing and using electrical circuits found in everyday devices and systems.
- Electrical careers can be researched using secondary sources of information.
Vocabulary To Learn
- electrical: Something that is electrical either needs or is linked to electricity.
- career: A career is a job that a person chooses to do through their life.
- industry: Industry is work linked to the processing of raw materials and the manufacture of products.
- electronics: Electronics is the study, design, building and maintenance of devices and systems which use electricity.
- secondary sources: Secondary sources are texts, images or objects created using information gathered by others.
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Only scientists and electricians have careers which are associated with electricity.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the scientific idea in this lesson using two key points.
Some careers, such as electrician, are linked to the installation and maintenance of electrical systems. There are a wide variety of careers available to young people today involving electrical technology.
2. Define this scientific word and use it in context. 'electrical'
Something that is electrical either needs or is linked to electricity. Include the word in a full scientific explanation, not as a single label.
3. Correct this common scientific misunderstanding.
Mistake: Only scientists and electricians have careers which are associated with electricity. Correction: Children will be introduced to a wide variety of careers which involve electricity and electrical technology.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Changing the volume of buzzers Study Guide
- Choosing and using conductors and insulators (non-statutory) Study Guide
- Circuit symbols and diagrams Study Guide
- Components and simple circuits Study Guide
- Debating the use of electric cars (non-stat Climate Change & Sustainability) Study Guide
- Electrical discoveries and inventions (non-statutory) Study Guide
- Electrical sensors: design (non-statutory) Study Guide
- Electrical sensors: make and review (non-statutory) Study Guide
- How electrical insulators keep us safe (non-statutory) Study Guide
- Investigating voltage: do and review Study Guide
- Investigating voltage: plan Study Guide
- Sustainable sources of electricity (non-stat Climate Change & Sustainability) Study Guide
- The position of switches: open and closed Study Guide
- Variables in electric circuits: do and review Study Guide
- Variables in electric circuits: plan Study Guide
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