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Living safely with electricity

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• Activities for kids
  • We all use electricity
  • Water and electricity
  • Electrical powerlines and wires
  • Cords, plugs and power points
  • Keeping everyone safe
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Further information

For Teachers

This resource, provides teachers in the early years with a versatile classroom resource for use on the internet or printed as and presented as a booklet or worksheets. Linking the curriculum areas of English and Science, the resource provides simple factual information about using electricity safely. Photographs, illustrations and interactive activities stimulate interest and help to develop an awareness of electricity and electrical safety in the home.

The resource can be used in a number of ways. For example you could:

• focus on the key ideas and elements with small groups or individuals
• encourage children to complete activities on screen
• print the resource and compile it as a book for shared reading with the whole class or a small group
• print the resource and use it for directed reading with small groups or individuals
• print individual chapters and use them to introduce discussion of the key ideas
• print individual pages for use as worksheets

A variety of activities to support and extend the learner have been included within the student resource and a number of other ideas for teaching about electricity are included in the teacher notes. You could adapt these and include further activities to accommodate the needs and interests of individual students. The local context should also be considered to enhance the relevance of the learning experiences.

Teachers need to reinforce the importance of electrical safety and closely supervise any real-world experiences.

Last updated 22 July 2009