Electricity and Electronics · B4 Science

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B4.4.2.1.1 - Identify the uses of electricity

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Name at least four everyday activities or appliances in the home that require electricity.
Group the uses of electricity into categories such as lighting, heating, cooling, and powering devices.
Identify at least three things in the school environment that use electricity.
Draw and label at least three electrical appliances found at home or school.
Explain in simple terms what life would be like without electricity in their community.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Forces and Energy (Strand 4)
Sub-strand: Electricity and Electronics (4.2)
Content standard: B4.4.2.1 - Demonstrate knowledge of generation of electricity, its transmission and transformation into other forms
Indicator: B4.4.2.1.1 - Identify the uses of electricity
Suggested placement: Term 2, Week 11 (Week 23 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
Curriculum reference: Science Curriculum (Basic 4-6), 2019, p. 10
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Begin by asking learners what they use to iron their school uniforms.
- Use simple activities to demonstrate uses of electricity, (e.g. providing light, powering TVs, mobile phones, cooking, heating water, etc.)
- Learners draw things in the home and at school that use electricity.
Project: Electricity Generation Learners, in groups, generate electricity from fruit cells (orange, lime, tomatoes, potatoes and apple) and fuel cells, e.g. water.