Lesson 4: Adding the circuit

In this final lesson of the topic, pupils make functioning circuits and integrate them into their greetings cards

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Before the lesson

Learning objective

To make a circuit and integrate it into my greeting card

National curriculum

Pupils should be taught to:

Understand and use electrical systems in their products

Success criteria

Cross-curricular links

Attention grabber

Main event

Differentiation

Pupils needing extra support: Should look at the circuit created in the Attention Grabber throughout the lesson and copy this.

Pupils working at greater depth: Should create parallel or series circuits and include more LEDs in their designs.

Wrapping up

Assessing pupils' progress and understanding

Vocabulary

In this unit

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