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Victorian Curriculum / Learning Areas / Science / Science Understanding / Physical sciences

Energy from a variety of sources can be used to generate electricity; electric circuits enable this energy to be transferred to another place and then to be transformed into another form of energy (VCSSU081)

Electricity and Electrical Circuits Subject Based Preview Unit
Electricity and Electrical Circuits Pretest · Pretesting and Familiarisation Your students will complete a pretest about electricity and electrical circuits.
Electricity and Electrical Circuits Glossary · Pretesting and Familiarisation Your students are going to become familiar with words that they will use during this learning sequence.
Non-renewable Energy · Learning Opportunities Your students will research a non-renewable energy source; investigating how it is converted into electricity and the advantages and disadvantages of its use.
Renewable Energy · Learning Opportunities Your students will research a renewable energy source; investigating how it is converted into electricity and the advantages and disadvantages of its use.
Building a Circuit · Learning Opportunities Your students will learn how electrical circuits work as they build a paper circuit.
Conductors and Insulators · Learning Opportunities Your students will predict and then test different objects to see if they are consultors or insulators of electricity.
Being an Electrician · Learning Opportunities Your students will learn about what it is like to be an electrician from a guest speaker or video and act like an electrician by designing lights for a cardboard box house.
Developing My Presentation · Demonstration of Understanding Your students will select a performance of understanding and develop a presentation to show what they have learnt during this learning sequence

The Journey to Discovery Discovery Preview Unit
Building a Circuit · Learning Opportunities Your students will learn how electrical circuits work as they build a paper circuit.
Pretest · Pretesting and Familiarisation Your students will complete a pretest about the scale of the solar system, light refraction, electrical circuits and states of matter.