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Push Button Switch
https://www.tts-group.co.uk/push-button-switch/1003740.html Product Code: TSW-PLUS-5Product Actions
Helping to Support Teaching and Learning
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Circuit Control
This push button switch is a fundamental component in constructing simple series circuits, designed for educational use, facilitating demonstrations of basic electrical concepts.
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Educational Alignment
Aligned with Year 4 and Year 6 Science curriculum, this switch helps children understand electrical circuits, enhancing their ability to construct and analyse their functionality in class projects.
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Interactive Learning
This push button switch enhances learning experiences by allowing practical application in constructing and operating simple series circuits, which aids in understanding scientific principles.
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Design Technology Integration
This switch complements the Key Stage 2 Design and Technology curriculum by promoting practical application in student projects that involve electrical components.
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Year 4 Science Support
Enhances understanding of electrical principles, this switch aids in the Year 4 Science curriculum by facilitating the construction and analysis of basic circuits within educational settings.
Push to Make Switch 5pk
A key component for demonstrating electrical circuit functionality, suitable for educational use.
Overview
This push button switch is essential for hands-on exploration of electrical principles, enabling children to comprehend how circuits function. Utilised in Year 4 Science lessons, it demonstrates the effects of opening and closing circuits, which is key to understanding the operation of simple series circuits, including the impacts on various components like bulbs and buzzers.
During Year 6, the switch serves to investigate deeper into electrical concepts such as variations in component behaviour within circuits. This practical application helps develop analytical and problem-solving skills, which are significant for student engagement and learning.
In Key Stage 2 Design and Technology subjects, students use this switch to incorporate electrical systems into their projects. This integration facilitates a practical understanding of technical concepts, encouraging creativity and technical skills in developing functional electrical designs.
Supports the National Curriculum
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.
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 6, Electricity
Compare and give reasons for variations in how components function, including the brightness of bulbs, the loudness of buzzers and the on/off position of switches.
Technical Summary
Overview
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5
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Suitable for 5 to 11 years
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