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Slide Switch
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Technical Summary
Overview
Helping to Support Teaching and Learning
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Versatile Functionality
This switch features a centre off position and is ideal for teaching children about simple series electrical circuits.
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Educational Alignment
This switch helps children construct basic parts of a circuit and understand the function of switches in lighting a lamp, aligning with the Year 4 Science curriculum.
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Enhanced Learning
This switch allows children to explore different circuit components, improving their understanding of electricity.
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Technical Knowledge
Integrates with Key Stage 2 Design and Technology curriculum by using electrical systems in products, fostering technical knowledge.
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Curriculum Support
Supports the Year 4 Science curriculum by facilitating hands-on learning in constructing and analysing simple series circuits.
Slide Switch
A straightforward slide switch designed for educational exploration of electrical circuits.
Overview
This product significantly enhances science lessons by facilitating hands-on experiments with electrical circuits, particularly aimed at the Key Stage 2 curriculums in Science and Design and Technology. By using the slide switch, children can directly learn to control the flow of electricity, gaining practical insights into basic electrical components.
In Year 4 science classes, incorporating the switch in series circuits helps demonstrate electricity flow. Children observe the direct consequences of their actions on the circuit, thereby grasping the practical aspects of electrical control.
Moreover, the switch supports advanced educational outcomes in Key Stage 2 Design and Technology projects. Students incorporate the switch into their technical projects, enhancing their ability to design and troubleshoot electrical components effectively.
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.
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.
