Archived unit: Electronic greeting cards

Exploring how circuits can be adapted to suit different purposes and using this knowledge to design an electronic greeting card.

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This unit has been replaced by the unit Electrical systems: Doodlers and will no longer be updated. The new unit does not include coin batteries due to the choking risk presented to younger children if the cards are taken home.

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Lesson 1: Graphite circuits

The children explore making circuits using graphite as a conductor and draw circuit diagrams with symbols.

Lesson 2: Card design

Pupils design a greeting card with a working circuit, accurately labelling the positive and negative parts of the battery.

Lesson 3: Making the card

Pupils design a greeting card with a working circuit, accurately labelling the positive and negative parts of the battery.

Lesson 4: Adding the circuit

In this final lesson of the topic, pupils make functioning circuits and integrate them into their greetings cards

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Knowledge organiser: DT – Y5 Electronic greeting cards

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