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Exploring Electrical Circuits and Mobile Phones
Lesson1 of 3 in this unit
PrimaryYear 5 - 6ScienceTechnologyDesign and TechnologiesEnvironmentalSustainabilityEconomicDesign ThinkingSystems Thinking
Lesson Summary
This lesson is part of a unit that explores how electricity and processed materials combine to power mobile phones. In this lesson, students use wires, batteries and light bulbs to learn what circuits are, how they work and how to represent them using circuit diagrams. Students will also learn what circuit boards are and understand how circuits and batteries power mobile phones.
Learning intentions
Students will:
- understand the basics of how electricity is used in a mobile phone circuit and battery
- discover what a circuit is, how it works and how to draw a circuit diagram
- explore how mobile phone circuit boards work and what materials they contain
Success criteria
Students can:
- construct a working electrical circuit using a battery, wires and a light bulb, and use circuit symbols to accurately draw a diagram representing the circuit created
- evaluate the differences between traditional circuits and circuit boards in electronic devices
- explain the importance of materials in circuit boards and the significance of recycling them
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