Make your own Light D&T STEM Class Kit

Overview

• This project enhances pupils' circuits knowledge through real-world STEM applications.

• Designed for KS2 pupils, this class kit merges creativity with scientific exploration, focusing on designing and building their own lights, such as bedside lamps, flashlights, desk lamps or lanterns. It enhances pupils' circuits knowledge, using electrical components to teach about electrical circuits and how they are used in practice.

• The make your own light project incorporates practical learning, supporting pupils to think like designers and engineers, helping them to understand how what they learn in school can be used in real-world STEM applications. This includes developing decision-making skills about materials selection and achieving sustainable solutions to design challenges.

• The activity enhances comprehension of circuits as per the Key Stage 2 electricity curriculum, enabling learners to understand component functionality, construct simple series circuits, and distinguish conductors and insulators. It also introduces them to using standard symbols to draw circuit diagrams, providing a robust foundation in electrical theory.

• Comprising 75 sturdy cardboard tubes, 100 card wheels, lamps, batteries, switches and crocodile leads, and designed for a class of 30 pupils to each design and make their own working light, this kit offers a hands-on approach to STEM education. It connects theoretical knowledge with practical application, encouraging exploration and reinforcing learning through building and experimentation.

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