Ruth Owen has written more than 400 children's books. She writes on many subjects but her favourite topics are science and nature to research and make accessible for young readers.
Category:
Science Inquiry Skills
Strand:
Earth And Space Science
This title supports the following learning objectives for Key Stage 2 science: Identify common appliances that run on electricity; Construct a simple electrical circuit, including cells, wires, bulbs, switches and buzzers; Recognise that a switch opens and closes a circuit and associate this with whether or not a lamp lights in a simple series circuit; Associate the brightness of a lamp or the volume of a buzzer with the number and voltage of cells used in the circuit; Recognise some common conductors and insulators, and associate metals with being good conductors.