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Recognise Components in Circuits

In this worksheet, students will identify what each circuit diagram shows.

'Recognise Components in Circuits' worksheet

Key stage:  KS 2

Year:  Year 6 Science worksheets

Curriculum topic:   Electricity

Curriculum subtopic:   Energy in Circuits

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Worksheet Overview

Understanding circuit diagrams is very important and to do this you need to be able to read the symbols and know what they mean.

 

Here is a scientific diagram using standard symbols.

 

electrical circuit

 

The symbols in this diagram show a circuit with two batteries and two bulbs.

 

In this activity, we will look at different circuit diagrams and try to work out what each circuit is showing.

 

Are you ready?

 

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