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We use energy to make cars go, heat homes,

make the TV work and much more!
Energy is used in your home everyday.

In this picture find 10 things to colour in that need energy.

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What would happen if there was not enough energy in your home?

Hold this page in front of a mirror to find out.

Add some more of your own.

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Colour the picture using the colour code.

1=Red 2=Yellow 3=Green 4=Blue 5=Brown

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Across

3. instead of a big bath

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1. wear this when its cold
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3. turns the electricity on and off

4. dont let them drip
6. short for television

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2. warms and lights the earth

Across - 2 sun, 3 shower, 5 Watchit.

Down - 1 jumper, 3 switch, 4 taps, 6 TV

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Colour in:

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Triangles-blue

Squares-green

Rectangles-brown

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The heat in your home can then be turned down.

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What are the WATCHITs

saying to the little energy
gobbling child?

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by having a short shower

If youre having a bath,

fill the tub half way.

Draw where the water level should be when

we turn off the tap.
Draw the toys you will take into the bath.

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How many taps can you

find in this picture?
Colour them in.

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Dont leave the oven door open. This wastes energy.
Open a refrigerator door only when you know what youre looking for.

Write the letter each picture starts with in the box.

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You will need: 1 Dice, 1 Counter for each player e.g. coloured buttons
How to play: Each person throws the dice. The person with the highest toss is first to play. The next
highest toss will be second, and so on. If two players throw the same number, they each toss again.
When you land on a snakes mouth, you slide
down the snake. If you land on a ladder,
you climb it.

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28 Used

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hot water tap

dripping.
Go back six.

the suns light to

read a book.

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Opened
fridge door, didnt
know what you
were looking for.

18 Closed the
freezer door.
Have a free turn.

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2 Left front door

You put on a
jumper and
turned down
the heater.

open, go back to
start.

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38 Had a bath,
filled to the top.

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4 Turned

6 Turned off the

Used an
electric light
instead of opening
the blinds to let the
sunlight in.

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Shut the
curtains to keep the
heat in. Jump two
spaces.

back door and kept

the heat in.

Light
left on.
Miss
a turn.

off a dripping
tap.

television move
along three.

the television
on.

8 Had a

short shower
and saved
power.

7 Opened

fridge door,
you knew
what you
were looking
for.

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Circle them. The first one is done for you.

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Turn the light on
Make a simple circuit
to light up a globe.
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You need:

Optional:

Small torch bulb

Two lengths of wires

with crocodile clips at
each end

Two lengths of covered

wire with each end
stripped about one
Bulb holder
centimetre to expose wires
Masking tape
C battery

How can you make the globe light up using these materials?

1. Draw how you think you can use these 2. Experiment with the materials.
materials to make the globe light up.

3. Draw or write about why the globe lit up.

When
you are successful draw how you did it.

Compare this
with your origin
al
drawing. Wha
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the difference
s?

Safety: Do NOT touch or use any electricity

that plugs into the wall or a socket.
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Is there any other way you can get it to light up?

How do you make the light go off? Try it.

5.

Look at home. Count the things in your house that use electricity.
_________ things use electricity.

_________ things have on and off buttons.

List or draw them and note the room they are found in.

6.

Find out which things use battery electricity and which need to be plugged in
to the mains supply?
Use battery

Plugged into mains supply

Safety: Do NOT touch or use any electricity

that plugs into the wall or a socket.
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These suggestions will help you provide assistance when children attempt the investigation activity
(pages 17 and 18). The investigation is broadly suitable for children in Years 1 & 2.

INVESTIGATION 1 - Making a simple circuit.

Activity focus: Experiment with basic materials to make a simple circuit to light up a globe.
Materials
Basic set for each child

Alternatively

Small torch bulb

Two lengths of covered wire with each

A small bulb
Bulb holder
Two lengths of wire with crocodile clips
at each end
C battery

end stripped about one centimetre

to expose wires
Masking tape
C battery

Activity: Use these materials to make a simple circuit and

light up a globe. Allow children to experiment until they
discover what works.
Note: Using the basic set of materials reinforces the
necessity of making a circuit to get a globe to light up.
It is fiddlier but could precede the use of the crocodile
clips which can be attached to the bulb holder.
Skills: Predicting, Experimenting, Recording.
Some useful facts: A circuit is an unbroken pathway and
the electricity is made up of electrons. An electric current
is a flow of electrons that are in the wires all the time.
A chemical reaction in the battery provides the push that
will move the electrons instantaneously.

Remember: Make sure children are supervised at all times

and only use battery electricity.
More information: Try http://www.andythelwell.com/blobz/ for a fun way to learn more about circuits.

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Division of Science Victoria

Activities reviewed and updated by STAV Publishing (Division of Science Victoria).

Investigations written by Dr Suzanne Peterson.