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Electricity practice for Years 4–6
Science · Forces, Light, Sound and Electricity · Key Stage 2. How things move, shine, sound and work.
What your child will learn
- Identify whether a lamp will light in a simple series circuit and explain how a switch works.
- Test and group materials as electrical conductors or insulators, and link this to how cables are made.
- Use recognised circuit symbols and explain how the number of cells affects the brightness of a bulb.
- Identify common appliances that run on electricity, from the mains or from batteries.
- Identify and name the parts of a simple series circuit, including cells, wires, bulbs, switches and buzzers, and explain what a switch does.
- Associate the brightness of a lamp or the volume of a buzzer with the number and voltage of cells, and give reasons for variations in how components function.
Try some free electricity questions
These are real BrightWorld questions. In the app, every question adapts to your child’s level and comes with hints and worked examples.
Question 1. Which bulb will light?
- Battery → wire → bulb → wire → back to the other end of the battery
- Two wires, both joined to the same end of the battery
- One wire from the battery to the bulb
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Battery → wire → bulb → wire → back to the other end of the battery
Question 2. Why are electrical wires covered in plastic?
- Plastic is an insulator, so it keeps the electricity in
- To make the wires heavier
- Plastic is a good conductor
Show the answer
Plastic is an insulator, so it keeps the electricity in
Question 3. Which appliance uses electricity to make heat?
- Torch
- Doorbell
- Toaster
Show the answer
Toaster
How BrightWorld helps with electricity
Children practise electricity at Easy, Medium or Hard, in mixed quizzes, in the Answer Run game and inside story missions. If they get stuck, they get a hint and a worked example; if they’re flying, the questions get harder. Parents see how they’re doing in the parent area.
Practise electricity in BrightWorld
BrightWorld starts at your child’s level with a quick, fun check, then adapts as they learn. No ads, no strangers, and you see what they’ve learned.
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BrightWorld starts at your child’s level with a quick, fun check, then adapts as they learn. No ads, no strangers, and you see what they’ve learned.
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