This site has a range of excellent teaching materials and online interactive elements to help you reinforce electricity safety messages through your classroom work across the curriculum.
You can download lesson plans and assessment sheets covering the content of the site and instructional lesson plans for each of the interactive element. Each plan highlights the main National Curriculum objectives covered in PSHCE and Science.
There are also cross-curricular matrices which highlight objects, site content and interactive elements to help you with your planning.
Dangerous Close Up is a thought provoking film showing what can happen if you ignore the safety signs and get too close to electricity.
THE FILM IS SUITABLE FOR KEY STAGE 2 PUPILS AGED BETWEEN 7-11 YEARS OLD.
Please be aware that the film acts out the type of tragic accident that can happen if people get too close to electrical equipment and includes a flash and loud bang.
Remember:
- NEVER GO INTO SUBSTATIONS.
- IF YOU LOSE SOMETHING IN OR ON A SUBSTATION NEVER GO INSIDE.
- NEVER IGNORE THE DANGER OF DEATH SIGN.
- ALWAYS RING THE NUMBER ON THE SIGN.
- ELECTRICITY CAN KILL- DON'T MESS WITH IT OR GET TOO CLOSE.
- STAY AWAY - STAY SAFE.