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Using soldering irons and appropriate safety equipment your school classroom becomes a hive of activity as students construct their own electronic device of real electrical components.
Whilst constructing circuits your students will learn about capacitors, resistors, diodes and more as well as how electronic circuit boards are manufactured in the real world.
The kits have been designed by Madlab and have been used by the Edinburgh Science Festival.
Australian ACARA Content Outcomes:
Science
Electrical circuits provide a means of transferring and transforming electricity (ACSSU097).
Energy from a variety of sources can be used to generate electricity (ACSSU219).
Australian National Curriculum Mapping for all our science workshops & shows
NSW K – 10 Science Syllabus mapping for all our incursions
NSW Science & Technology Syllabus Content
A student:
ST3-8PW-ST
explains how energy is transformed from one form to another
ST3-2DP-T
plans and uses materials, tools and equipment to develop solutions for a need or opportunity
For explanatory points & implementation advice for each dot point, please visit the NESA Science and Technology K–6 Curriculum site
ST3-SCI-01
uses evidence to explain how scientific knowledge can be used to develop sustainable practices
ST3-PQU-01
poses questions to identify variables and conducts fair tests to gather data
NSW K – 10 Science Syllabus mapping for all our incursions
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Safely use appropriate materials, tools, equipment and technologies (VCSIS067)
Scientific understandings, discoveries and inventions are used to inform personal and community decisions and to solve problems that directly affect people’s lives (VCSSU073)
Energy from a variety of sources can be used to generate electricity; electric circuits enable this energy to be transferred to another place and then to be transformed into another form of energy (VCSSU081)
Print a PDF which details P to 6 mapping of all our VIC science visits
As we offer a number of electricity workshops it can be a little confusing as to which is right for your class. Please have a look below for a very short description of the different ones available so you can quickly see what would work best for you school. The titles are clickable links to take you to the full workshop description.
Create a Buzz
This workshop covers the fundamentals of electricity & magnetism. What is static vs current electricity? What is electromagnetism? What materials are resistors vs. conductors? How do basic circuits work? Most schools choose this school science visit when they want us to spend time at the beginning of their topic prior to having students construct their own circuits later.
Electrical circuits
This school workshop is generally chosen when students already have a grasp of how electrical energy is transferred. The focus of this workshop is to arrange electrical components such as lights, batteries, capacitors, switches and more to produce either series or parallel circuits that work.
Madlab Electronics
In some ways similar to the electrical circuits program, only this time the circuits themselves are being constructed using soldering irons. The focus of this workshop is learning the skills and techniques for putting electrical circuits together in real electronics. Students can keep the circuits they make as part of this workshop.
Renewable Energy
The focus of this workshop is to look how electricity can be generated using renewable energy sources (wind, solar, etc.). These energy sources are compared with non-renewable electrical energy power generation in terms of reliability and their effect on the environment.
Are you studying energy transformations instead?
If your class is looking at potential vs. kinetic energy, how energy comes from the sun as well as how energy can change into light, heat, sound, magnetic, chemical, etc., the most appropriate workshop would be Exploring Energy.
For Years 5 and up with a maximum of 20 students per class
Access to 3 electrical power sockets and at least 6 tables
Chairs are not required but useful
Duration 2 hours, set up time 45 minutes and pack up time 30 minutes
Soldering irons are used; safety precautions are taken however it is still the school responsibility to choose students who are suitable for this program
The nature of this workshop means that some students will finish early whilst others will get within 3/4 of completing their circuit due to varying abilities.
During Social Distancing – Contact us
and we’ll tailor a program to suit both your school and the State’s social distancing requirements. Further details here
Hours of High-Quality videos, printable experiments, quizzes, vocabulary lists,
Scope & sequences, cross-curricular teaching ideas, marking rubrics & more
Save time & engage students in STEM
$620 inc. GST per session (maximum 20 students) plus kit cost
Please contact us for available kits and their cost for specific pricing.
NB: Payment for the kits will be required on booking so that they can be ordered in time.
Combine with Create a Buzz or the Electrical circuits workshop as an extension
Find out about offers & discounts here!
In a regional area? Find out how we can attend your school as part of a country science tour!
Call 1300 856 828, or click below to make a booking for your primary school.
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Create a Full Day STEM Accelerator or join us for a rapid science upskill! For schools outside of metropolitan areas please contact us to discuss how this science workshop can be run online or visit your school as part of a regional visit.
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Create a Full Day STEM Accelerator or join us for a rapid science upskill! For schools outside of metropolitan areas please contact us to discuss how this science workshop can be run online or visit your school as part of a regional visit.
Click below to know more!
Often students attend our science workshops and shows with questions that stem beyond the covered topic area. Ask a scientist aims to give students a chance to get their questions answered! Run as a 30-minute session at a cost of $70 inc. GST.
Read MoreOften students attend our science workshops and shows with questions that stem beyond the covered topic area. Ask a scientist aims to give students a chance to get their questions answered! Run as a 30-minute session at a cost of $70 inc. GST.
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Years K to 6
Maximum 30 students
School ICT & design workshop
90 minutes
Years K to 2
Maximum 30 students
School workshop (NSW & VIC)
60 or 90 minutes
Online Class Available
Years 3 to 6
Maximum 30 students
Hands-on technology workshop
90 minutes
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I just wanted to pass on how much the staff and students really enjoyed it and how perfect it was to launch our science week activities. The students were enthralled, educated and entertained – a perfect trifecta!
-Caulfield Grammar School – Big Science Big FunThanks so much for presenting at our school on Monday. Our students enjoyed the show.
-Greenvale Primary School – Big Science Big FunFizzics Education curated a thoughtful and hands-on experience for the children, incorporating practical, skill-based learning activities and followed by a science presentation at the end of the event involving liquid nitrogen. This was delivered safely and effectively, capturing both the children and the parents for the duration of the presentation.
-Macquarie Bank – Family Fun DayFizzics Education ran a show today at our school and it was wonderful. He was a great facilitator and the show was age appropriate and well done.
-Mount Zion Early learning centre – Little Science Big FunI just wanted to pass on how much the staff and students really enjoyed it and how perfect it was to launch our science week activities. The students were enthralled, educated and entertained – a perfect trifecta!
-Caulfield Grammar School – Big Science Big FunThanks so much for presenting at our school on Monday. Our students enjoyed the show.
-Greenvale Primary School – Big Science Big FunFizzics Education curated a thoughtful and hands-on experience for the children, incorporating practical, skill-based learning activities and followed by a science presentation at the end of the event involving liquid nitrogen. This was delivered safely and effectively, capturing both the children and the parents for the duration of the presentation.
-Macquarie Bank – Family Fun DayFizzics Education ran a show today at our school and it was wonderful. He was a great facilitator and the show was age appropriate and well done.
-Mount Zion Early learning centre – Little Science Big Fun