Resources for primary teachers

Essential Energy Electricity Safety Week NSW

Electricity Safety Week 2013 will be held 9-13 September in primary schools across NSW.

Electricity Safety Week raises awareness of the hazards associated with electricity and teaches students how to be safe around electricity. The resources have been developed with the Department of Education and Communities, and aims to help teachers meet the Science and Technology and PDHPE curriculums for years K - 6.

In 2012 the program was a success, with a massive 94 per cent of primary schools within Essential Energy’s footprint registering to participate in the program. In 2013, Essential Energy will again be offering resources to primary schools for Electricity Safety Week that can be used for Years K-6. Electricity Safety Week is part of our commitment to public safety and education.
 
Registrations for 2013 will open soon
When you register your school you will receive a free Electricity Safety Week prize pack for use at your school. The prize pack includes teacher notes, student giveaways, posters and other useful information about electricity and safety

SMART Notebook lessons for Years 5 and 6
A series of four SMART Notebook lessons have been developed for Years 5 and 6 teachers with flash activities, videos and virtual experiments that aligned with the Board of Studies NSW Science and Technology and PDHPE curriculums for Stage 3.

Last year's lessons are available for download using the links in the table below.
Please note: these files are quite large and may take some time to download depending on your connection speed.



Attachment Contents
Lesson 1
File size: 61MB
  • What do we know about electricity?
  • Observing and exploring electrical circuits
Lesson 2
File size: 12MB
  • Planning and conducting investigations
  • Exploring the design task
  • Generating design ideas and realising solutions
  • Evaluating products and processes
Lesson 3
File size: 15MB
  • Transformation of electricity
  • Generating electricity
  • Transportation of electricity
  • Electrical consumption
Lesson 4
File size: 194MB
  • Electricity safety
Technical tips for using resources
  • Getting the most out of your smartboard



Teachers notes and other collateral




Find out more
For more information about Electricity Safety Week or the SMART Notebook lessons email essential@primary-pr.com or call 02 9212 3888.

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