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Primary 4 Science

  Page reviewed 26/02/09    

   

 Electricity

 

We have been learning all about Electricity.  Here are some of the things we have been getting up to.

 

Motors

Interactive Winter Scene

Steady Hands

Morse Code Messaging

Learning about Circuits

Intruder Trap

P4 Science Log

 

Here are the results of our Electricity Challenge

Motors

We set up a circuit with a motor and investigated what happens when we added some colour.

 

learning about motors

 

Rachael and Bobby (P4a), Bethany and Ross (P4b) designed patterns for their motor.

learning about motors

 

Look what we found when the motor was on.

 

learning about motors

learning about motors

learning about motors

Interactive Winter Scene

We used our circuits  to design and build an interactive winter scene.

 

building interactive scene

interactive scene

 

   Devin

Bethany

 

 

 interactive scene

 

Fraser and Jamie

 interactive scene

 

Rachel

 

interactive scene

Scott and Kei Kei

 

Kevin and Aaron

interactive scene

     
Steady hands

We used our circuit kits to investigate who had the steadiest hand in P4

steady hand needed

Scott, Catherine, Rachel and Lindsey
are trying hard  to keep the loop from buzzing.

steady hand needed

 

steady hand needed

     
Morse Code

We also used our kits to send secret Morse Code messages across our classroom.

learning about morse code

Greg and Judith

 morse code

learning about morse code

Rachel and Bobby

 

At the beginning of our topic we learnt about making a circuit.

 

making a circuit

making a circuit

 

We drew circuits we made.

 

circuit diagrams

circuit diagrams

circuit diagrams

 

Finally we learnt to draw circuit diagrams.

 

circuit diagrams

circuit diagrams

circuit diagrams

 

Our final Electricity Challenge was to design and build an Intruder Trap

 

designing trap    

 

 

 

Stage 1 - Design Intruder Trap

designing trap

 

 

 

   Stage 2  - Build Intruder Trap

 

building trap

 

building trap

 

  testing trap

 

testing trap

Stage 3  - Test Intruder Trap

P4 Science Log

“ I have enjoyed the topic Electricity because we made patterns spin using a motor.  I am so sad to stop doing Electricity.”  Fraser

 “I have enjoyed learning about another way of drawing components it was fun” Bethany

 I have really enjoyed the topic electricity.  I loved fiddling about with appliances”  Devin

 “ I liked the best was when we all made the intruder alarm do you know why because it was fun”  Niketa

  “I liked doing the steady hand and the light bulb through the drawing”  Judith

 “The thing I liked best was when we made burglar traps.”  Bronagh

 “ I liked the day when we done stuff with the motor like making patterns”  Mark

 “I loved everything in the topic”  Charley

interactive scene