Will the Lamp Light? Knowledge Check

Year 4 ScienceElectricity5 pages

About this worksheet

Five pages on series circuits for Year 4, with an answer key. Pupils label pictures of a cell, a lamp, a switch and a buzzer. They then decide whether the lamp lights in four circuits. One is a complete loop, one has a loose wire, one has an open switch and one has both wires on the positive terminal. Gap sentences use complete, energy and break, and a true or false table checks the rules. In Circuit Detective, pupils give two reasons why Leo's lamp stays dark. It follows the England National Curriculum.

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Curriculum objectives covered

Electricity

โ€œConstruct a simple series electrical circuit, identifying and naming its basic parts, including cells, wires, bulbs, switches and buzzersโ€

Question 1 names the cell, lamp, switch and buzzer. Pupils do not build a circuit on the sheet, so pair it with practical work.

Electricity

โ€œIdentify whether or not a lamp will light in a simple series circuit, based on whether or not the lamp is part of a complete loop with a batteryโ€

Questions 5 to 8 and question 12 are all about whether a lamp is part of a complete loop.

What's inside this worksheet

Section 1: Name the Circuit Components

Four line drawings to label from a bank of cell, lamp (bulb), switch and buzzer.

Section 2: Will the Lamp Light?

Circuits A to D. Pupils tick yes or no and write a reason for each.

Section 3: Understanding Circuits

Three gaps, a question on the job of a switch and three true or false statements, one about a buzzer.

Section 4: Circuit Detective

Leo's clips are tight but the lamp is still off. Pupils give two possible reasons.

How teachers use it

Build it

Set up Circuits A to D on the tables. Pupils predict on the sheet first, then test each one.

Fault finding

Give groups a circuit with a flat cell or a loose bulb and ask them to find the fault before question 12.

Circuit D

Circuit D catches pupils who think any two wires will do. Talk it through as a class after Section 2.

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