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Make your own Light D&T STEM Class Kit
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Helping to Support Teaching and Learning
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Comprehensive Component Range
Equipped with 48 cardboard craft rolls, 100 card wheels, and a variety of electrical components, this kit provides all necessary materials for a class of 30 to dive into hands-on circuit building.
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Expertly Designed
This kit bridges theory and practice, making complex concepts like electrical circuits accessible and engaging for KS2 children.
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Encourages Teamwork
Supports collaborative learning, allowing children to work individually, in pairs, groups, or as a whole class, fostering teamwork and communication skills.
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Curriculum Aligned
Aligns with the Key Stage 2 curriculum, specifically focusing on electricity, offering a practical resource for teaching circuit construction and analysis.
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Exploring Circuit Components
Facilitates understanding of circuit components' functions, including variations in brightness and loudness, through hands-on creation and experimentation.
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Make your own Light D&T STEM Class Kit
A kit for creating lighthouses and flashlights to learn about circuits, ideal for KS2 pupils.
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 building lighthouses and flashlights using electrical components to teach about electrical circuits. It supports diverse learning methodologies, accommodating individuals, pairs, groups, or entire classes, thus promoting collaborative and independent learning skills.
The kit enhances comprehension of circuits as per the Key Stage 2 electricity curriculum, enabling learners to understand component functionality, construct simple series circuits, and distinguish good conductors. It also introduces them to using standard symbols for circuit diagrams, providing a robust foundation in electrical theory.
Comprising 48 cardboard craft rolls, 100 card wheels, various electrical components, and designed for a class of 30, 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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Supports the National Curriculum
Science, Year 4, Electricity
Construct a simple series electrical circuit, identifying and naming its basic parts, including cells, wires, bulbs, switches and buzzers.
Science, Year 4, Electricity
Recognise that a switch opens and closes a circuit and associate this with whether or not a lamp lights in a simple series circuit.
Design & Technology, Key Stage 2, Technical Knowledge
Understand and use electrical systems in their products (for example, series circuits incorporating switches, bulbs, buzzers and motors).
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Overview
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48 x Cardboard craft rolls, 100 x Card wheels, 30 x MES bulb holders, 50 x MES bulbs, 60 x Crocodile leads, 30 x Battery holders, 10 x Push switches, 10 x Toggle switches, 10 x Slide switches
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Suitable for age 7 years and up
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