English National Curriculum Science
Mission Objectives
Create a switch
Design and create a set of traffic lights
Explain how their traffic lights work
Enquiry Approach - Problem-solving
Applying prior scientific knowledge to solve problems and answer further questions.
Enquiry Skill - Recording data, results and findings
Using tables, a variety of graphs, labelled diagrams and models to record observations, measurements, results and findings.
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Words and meanings to learn
traffic light
a set of automatically operated coloured lights
signal
an electrical impulse transmitted or received
synchronised
operating at the same time or rate
sensor
a device which detects movement
timer-based
quantity measured by a duration in time
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Resources: For each set of traffic lights: stiff card, wires and crocodile clips, 1.5V LEDs (green, red and yellow - caution as higher voltages may break the LEDs), 2x 1.5V batteries, paperclips, tin foil, drawing pins and split pins.
Teacher Guidance: Instructions for creating the set of traffic lights.
Core Handout (2): Space for the children to design their traffic light.
Stretch Handout (3): Space for the children to design their traffic light and explain how it will work.
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