Today we're starting on the new unit "Electromancer', looking at electricity and magnets. Answer these in your books -
1. Which three metals are magnetic - http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks3bitesize/science/energy_electricity_forces/magnets_electric_effects/revise2.shtml
2. What does a circuit need to allow a current to flow? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks3bitesize/science/energy_electricity_forces/electric_current_voltage/revise2.shtml
3. Complete the activities on this site, draw and label the symbols for a battery and a switch in your books - http://www.hyperstaffs.info/work/physics/child/main.html
4. Explain the effect of using a longer wire on the brightness of the bulb in a circuit - use the link from question 3.
5. What do particles have to do to create electricity? -http://www.rkm.com.au/animations/animation-electrical-circuit.html
Extension - Complete this activity by building circuits and doing the quiz - http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/10_11/changing_circuits_fs.shtml
