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Living safely with electricity

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  • We all use electricity
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  • Keeping everyone safe
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Living safely with electricity

Welcome to Living Safely with Electricity!
This site contains resources to raise awareness of electrical safety issues and is designed for students in the early years of school.

Students

You'll find lots of interesting information and activities about using electricity safely. Find out:

ways to use electricity safely

how electricity gets to your home

Teachers

The site is a resource with activities covering the following outcomes from the Queensland Science Syllabus.

1. Students identify the effects of energy in their daily lives.
2. Students identify and describe forms of energy in their community.
3. Students identify forms of energy (including electrical and sound energy) and describe the effects and characteristics of those different forms.
4. Students make links between the way they use energy and the immediate source of that energy.
5. Students illustrate the ways that energy is used in their community.

The site includes teacher notes with suggested classroom activities, a student booklet in PDF format and interactive student activities.

Last updated 11 February 2010