A labelling diagram for Year 4 electricity. A large picture shows one circuit loop with five parts, and pupils write each name on the line that points to it. The word bank has buzzer, cell, switch, wire and bulb, the same parts the curriculum names. The answer key runs from A to E: cell, wire, switch, buzzer and bulb. It links to the England National Curriculum objective on building a series circuit and naming its parts.
Electricity
“Construct a simple series electrical circuit, identifying and naming its basic parts, including cells, wires, bulbs, switches and buzzers”
Partly met. Pupils name all five parts, but building the circuit is a practical task the sheet does not cover.
A five-word bank and a circuit picture with label lines A to E. Pupils match each component to its line, starting with the cell at A.
Before the kit comes out
Label the sheet first, then give pairs the same five parts to build the loop.
Add the symbols
If you teach circuit symbols next, ask pupils to draw the symbol beside each label.
Open the switch
Ask what happens to the bulb and the buzzer when the switch at C is open.
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