B Barber
Science Coordinator

Partner Primary & Secondary Schools
John Paul, Nazareth, Padua, St John's Reg. Colleges & Partner Primary

Science

Middle Years Science Program - Course Development

Middle Years Science Program

 

"Electricity" Concept Map

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What is electricity?
- definition,
- home wiring and appliances.
Power sources
-coal, gas oil;
- atomic energy;
- solar energy;
- wind;
- hydroelectricity;
- turbines and steam.
 

History of Electricity
- Discovering electricity and static charges.

How do electricians or electrical engineers work?
- career;

- experiments

- equipment 
Properties of electricity
- circuits: shorts and fuses;
- types and symbols;
- parallel and series circuits;
- switches;
- conductors and insulators;
- models;
- open and closed circuits.
 Electrons
- Static electricity;
- model of atom;
- discovery of electrons, protons and neutrons;
- latest discoveries in science.
  Static electricity
- Forces of repulsion and attraction;

- Clinging clothes.
"Electricity"
Appliances
- Uses of electricity in our lives;
- electroplating, magnetism, resistance;
- light bulbs, heaters, radios, etc
Electromagnets
- How do they work?
- What are they used for?
Energy consumers
- electricity bills;
- use of electricity at home;
- the energy crisis.
Measurements
- voltage;
- current;
- resistance.