| Objectives | Describe current, voltage, and resistance simply. |
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| Materials | Circuit kit, bulbs, wires |
| Key vocabulary | current, voltage, resistance, flow, energy |
| Engage (starter) | "What makes electricity flow around a circuit?" |
| Develop (main) | Interactive: build circuits; relate voltage to push, current to flow, and resistance to slowing; tap-to-reveal these ideas. |
| Plenary (close) | What does voltage do in a circuit? |
| Assessment | Describes electrical quantities. |
| Teacher notes | The MoEY jump: current/voltage/resistance. |
| Objectives | Compare current and brightness in series and parallel circuits. |
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| Materials | Batteries, bulbs, wires |
| Key vocabulary | series, parallel, current, brightness, path |
| Engage (starter) | "Why do parallel bulbs stay bright?" |
| Develop (main) | Interactive: build and compare series and parallel circuits; observe brightness and current paths; tap-to-reveal. |
| Plenary (close) | Give one difference between series and parallel circuits. |
| Assessment | Compares circuits. |
| Teacher notes | Deepens G5 circuit work. |
| Objectives | Draw and read standard circuit diagrams. |
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| Materials | Symbol chart, circuit kit |
| Key vocabulary | symbol, diagram, cell, switch, resistor |
| Engage (starter) | "How do engineers draw circuits?" |
| Develop (main) | Interactive: match components to standard symbols; draw and build from circuit diagrams; tap-to-reveal symbols. |
| Plenary (close) | Draw a circuit with a cell, switch, and bulb. |
| Assessment | Uses circuit diagrams. |
| Teacher notes | Introduce standard symbols for secondary. |
| Objectives | Explain electromagnets and how motors use them. |
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| Materials | Wire, nail, battery, motor model |
| Key vocabulary | electromagnet, coil, magnetic field, motor, spin |
| Engage (starter) | "How does electricity make a motor spin?" |
| Develop (main) | Interactive: build an electromagnet; explore how a simple motor uses magnetism to spin; tap-to-reveal electromagnetism. |
| Plenary (close) | What makes a motor turn? |
| Assessment | Explains electromagnetism. |
| Teacher notes | The MoEY jump: electromagnetism and motors; batteries only. |
| Objectives | Consolidate circuits, symbols, and electromagnetism. |
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| Materials | Circuit kits, review stations |
| Key vocabulary | review, circuit, electromagnet |
| Engage (starter) | "Electrical engineer challenge!" |
| Develop (main) | Interactive: build circuits from diagrams and make electromagnets at review stations. |
| Plenary (close) | What does resistance do in a circuit? |
| Assessment | Station accuracy. |
| Teacher notes | Reinforce circuit concepts and safety. |