Abacus Science Kit - Circuit Breakers (Year 6, Physical Science)

This kit includes all the resources required to carry out the Primary Connections^®(Australian Curriculum Version 9) teaching sequence for Year 6 (Physical Science) – Circuit Breakers. The teaching sequence is flexible and adaptable to classroom settings whilst the lessons plans, science journals, and resource sheets are free to download from the Primary Connections^® website.

Student-centred Interactive Learning

In this sequence, students will participate in hands-on activities to learn about the function of each components in an electric circuit, its affects on the transfer and transformation of energy. Students can create a simple circuit with batteries, wires, and bulbs to demonstrate how electricity moves through wires to light the bulb. They can also replace the bulbs with buzzer or motors to demonstrate how energy can be transformed to light energy, heat energy, sound energy, and more.

At the end of each activity, in groups or in class, students can discuss and investigate their learning process and their findings. This student-centred approach encourages exploration, observation, investigation, and critical thinking.

Make it fun!

Make learning more fun and apply students’ learning to practice by designing their own electric circuit kit using resources supplied in this kit. The process of designing their own kit will provide students a chance to reflect on their investigation and findings, thereby, reinforcing their learning. 

What's Included?

In full, this product contains:

• Batteries
• Battery Holders
• Battery Storage Box
• Electric Buzzer
• Wire Stripper
• Digital Multimeter
• Balloons
• Corks
• Aluminium Foil
• Bulbs
• Paper Clips
• Split Pins
• Torches
• Wires
• Toothpicks
• Self Adhesive Notes
• Rubber Bands
• A4 White Cards
• Drawing Pins
• Sticky Tac
• Tapes
• Storage Box
• Gratnells Jumbo tray with lid

Additional Information:

• Primary Connections^® is a trademark of the Australian Academy of Science and is not affiliated with, nor does it endorse Abacus Educational Suppliers resources.
• Circuit Breakers is a sequence title of the Australian Academy of Science. This teaching sequence links to Australian Curriculum Version 9 is as tabulated below: