Expected Attainment Year Emerging Confident Advanced Mastery Group Grade 7 1 Recall materials that are conductors Describe the effects of breaking or Recall how electrical cells work. and insulators. removing bulbs in a circuit. Evaluate a physical model for State the meaning of: conductor, Use the idea of a complete circuit to test electric circuits on how well it insulator, complete circuit, ammeter, whether different materials conduct explains data or observations. current. electricity. Use their knowledge of switches Describe why a cell is needed in a Describe and explain how adding more and parallel circuits to devise circuit. bulbs affects the brightness of bulbs in a circuits for specified purposes. circuit. Explain how switches work to turn a Use a model to explain the idea of circuit on or off. Construct a circuit from instructions voltage. provided in the form of a circuit diagram. Identify common circuit components Describe how voltage and energy and their symbols. Recall the link between current and bulb are linked. brightness. Model circuits using simple circuit Explain why a voltmeter is diagrams. Describe how changing the number or connected in parallel. type of components in a circuit affects the Measure current and state its unit. Apply their knowledge of voltage, current. current and electrical safety to novel Recall that current is not used up. Describe what the current is like at situations Identify common circuit components different points in a series circuit. and their symbols. Construct a circuit from instructions Model circuits using simple circuit provided in the form of a circuit diagram. diagrams. Use a model to describe how an electrical Recall that current is not used up. circuit works. State what is meant by: current. Construct a circuit from instructions Explain how switches and broken provided in the form of a circuit diagram. bulbs affect a circuit. Describe how changing the number or Identify common circuit components type of components in a circuit affects the and their symbols. current. Model circuits using simple circuit Recall the differences between how diagrams. current behaves in series and parallel Measure current and state its unit. circuits and describe and predict what the State what is meant by series circuit, current is like at different points in a parallel circuit. series circuit and parallel circuit. State what is meant by: voltage, Explain how switches can be used to resistance control different parts of a parallel circuit. State the units for voltage.
Expected Attainment Year Group Grade Emerging Confident Advanced Mastery 7 1 Recall materials that are conductors and insulators. State the meaning of: conductor, insulator, complete circuit, ammeter, current. Describe why a cell is needed in a circuit. Explain how switches work to turn a circuit on or off. Identify common circuit components and their symbols. Model circuits using simple circuit diagrams. Measure current and state its unit. Recall that current is not used up. Identify common circuit components and their symbols. Model circuits using simple circuit diagrams. Recall that current is not used up. State what is meant by: current. Explain how switches and broken bulbs affect a circuit. Identify common circuit components and their symbols. Model circuits using simple circuit diagrams. Measure current and state its unit. State what is meant by series circuit, parallel circuit. State what is meant by: voltage, resistance State the units for voltage. Describe the effects of breaking or removing bulbs in a circuit. Use the idea of a complete circuit to test whether different materials conduct electricity. Describe and explain how adding more bulbs affects the brightness of bulbs in a circuit. Construct a circuit from instructions provided in the form of a circuit diagram. Recall the link between current and bulb brightness. Describe how changing the number or type of components in a circuit affects the current. Describe what the current is like at different points in a series circuit. Construct a circuit from instructions provided in the form of a circuit diagram. Use a model to describe how an electrical circuit works. Construct a circuit from instructions provided in the form of a circuit diagram. Describe how changing the number or type of components in a circuit affects the current. Recall the differences between how current behaves in series and parallel circuits and describe and predict what the current is like at different points in a series circuit and parallel circuit. Explain how switches can be used to control different parts of a parallel circuit. Recall how electrical cells work. Evaluate a physical model for electric circuits on how well it explains data or observations. Use their knowledge of switches and parallel circuits to devise circuits for specified purposes. Use a model to explain the idea of voltage. Describe how voltage and energy are linked. Explain why a voltmeter is connected in parallel. Apply their knowledge of voltage, current and electrical safety to novel situations