Unit 5: Electricity

Where electricity is used, how to stay safe, and building circuits with bulbs, motors, buzzers and switches.

• 5.1 Electricity around us – Fans, lights, phones – what runs on electricity?
• 5.2 Staying safe – Electricity is useful – and it can be dangerous.
• 5.3 Making a circuit – Join a battery, wires and a bulb in a loop.
• 5.4 Motors and buzzers – Circuits can make things spin and beep.
• 5.5 Switches – Open the gap, close the gap – off and on!