Electricity at Home Test

Australian curriculum content descriptions:

Year 3 Science:

• Heat can be produced in many ways and can move from one object to another (ACSSU049).
• Represent and communicate ideas and findings in a variety of ways such as diagrams, physical representations and simple reports (ACSIS060).

Year 4 Science:

• Safely use appropriate materials, tools or equipment to make and record observations, using formal measurements and digital technologies as appropriate (ACSIS066).

Syllabus Outcomes: ST2-4WS, ST2-6PW.

Time required: 60 mins.

Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium – oversee activity.

• Double-sided copies of the Electricity at home – student worksheet (students can work independently or in pairs to complete the worksheet).

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