TEACHERS' PAGE >> National Curriculum LinksThis resource has been carefully designed to tie in closely with the National Curriculum Key Stages and Attainment Targets.
Electricity modules Key Stage links
For each Key Stage, the table shows how the
- National Curriculum Key Stage Information: Knowledge, Skills and Understanding (for the Sc4 section of the NC, corresponding to Physical Processes)
- science modules that are used within the game.
You can click on the science module links to go directly to one of the modules.
Key Stage 1 (KS1): Sc4 Physical Processes: 1 Electricity
| National Curriculum Reference | "Pupils should be taught:..." | Covered in... |
| 1a | "...about everyday appliances that use electricity" | Electricity module A: Elecricity In Our Lives |
| 1b | "...about simple series circuits involving batteries, wires, bulbs and other components [for example, buzzers, motors] " | Electricity module B: Simple Circuits |
| 1c | "...how a switch can be used to break a circuit." | Electricity module B: Simple Circuits |
Key Stage 2 (KS2): Sc4 Physical Processes: 1 Electricity
| National Curriculum Reference | "Pupils should be taught:..." | Covered in... |
| Simple circuits 1a | "...to construct circuits, incorporating a battery or power supply and a range of switches, to make electrical devices work [for example, buzzers, motors]" | Electricity module B: Simple Circuits |
| Simple circuits 1b | "...how changing the number or type of components [for example, batteries, bulbs, wires] in a series circuit can make bulbs brighter or dimmer" | Electricity module D: Circuit Experiments |
| Simple circuits 1c | "...how to represent series circuits by drawings and conventional symbols, and how to construct circuits on the basis of drawings and diagrams using conventional symbols." | Electricity module C: Building Circuits |
Key Stage 3 (KS3): Sc4 Physical Processes: 1 Electricity and magnetism
(Items in italics are not covered in the modules - note that this resource is aimed primarily at upper Key Stage 2.)
| National Curriculum Reference | "Pupils should be taught:..." | Covered in... |
| Circuits 1a | "...how to design and construct series and parallel circuits, and how to measure current and voltage " | - |
| Circuits 1b | "...that the current in a series circuit depends on the number of cells and the number and nature of other components and that current is not 'used up' by components " | Electricity module D: Circuit Experiments |
| Circuits 1c | "...that energy is transferred from batteries and other sources to other components in electrical circuits " | - |
| Magnetic fields 1d | "...about magnetic fields as regions of space where magnetic materials experience forces, and that like magnetic poles repel and unlike poles attract " | See Forces & Motion module D: Magnetic Forces |
| Electromagnets 1e | "...that a current in a coil produces a magnetic field pattern similar to that of a bar magnet " | - |
| Electromagnets 1f | "...how electromagnets are constructed and used in devices [for example, relays, lifting magnets]. " | See Forces & Motion module D: Magnetic Forces |
