Resource 4: Workcards
Teacher resource for planning or adapting to use with pupils
WORKCARD 1 : HEAT
What you have:
- a torch cell/a torch bulb
- a 10 cm length of very very thin, bare wire (unravelled from wire flex from an old broken tape recorder) or fuse wire
- a 10 cm length of ordinary bare copper wire
What you do:
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WORKCARD : MAGNETISM
What you have:
- a torch cell
- a 30 cm length of insulated copper wire
- a large soft iron nail
- some metal objects – pins, tacks, etc.
- iron filings
- a small compass
What you do:
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WORKCARD 3 : MOVEMENT
What you have:
- a torch cell
- 25 cm length of insulated copper wire
- a steel needle or pin that has been magnetised (made into a magnet) by being placed alongside a strong magnet for a time
- a 15 cm strip of thin, flexible card
- a small electric motor from an old broken toy or tape recorder
- a drawing pin
What you do:
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WORKCARD 4 : SOUND
What you have:
- a torch cell
- small speakers from old broken electrical equipment
- grains of coarse sand/bits of wire flex
What you do:
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WORKCARD 5 : LIGHT
What you have:
- three torch cells
- four torch bulbs
- assorted lengths of flex wire
You have already seen how we get a bulb to light and you have already investigated the structure of a light bulb.
What you do:
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Resource 3: Lighting a bulb - templates and discussion