Strand: Physical Sciences
Electricity and Energy program content
Energy use and electricity are crucial in our daily lives. Imagine life without mobile phones, computers, ATMs and air conditioners. Find out about energy in the home, electrical circuits, batteries, switches, light globes, heaters, conductors and insulators. How can we use the sun, wind, water and even rubbish to produce electricity? Finish with the explosive energy of flour.
Australian Curriculum
Year 6 – Energy from a variety of sources can be used to generate electricity.
Year 6 – Electrical circuits provide a means of transferring and transforming electricity
Sustainability – cross curriculum priority
Primary Science Understandings
- Yr5 – Electricity
- Yr6 – Energy
