Electrical Appliances

An electrical appliance is an object Word box

that uses electricity to work. Some appliance
appliances use mains electricity so battery
need to be plugged into a socket in the mains electricity
wall. The socket has holes that allow the
plug on the electrical appliances to be
connected into mains electricity.
Some appliances use electricity from a battery. Some
appliances can use both. Mains electricity and batteries are
called an electrical supply.

Sorting electrical appliances

You will need:
sticky notes and catalogues or magazines to cut up
1 Try to identify an electrical appliance for every letter of
the alphabet, and record each one on a separate sticky
note. You have 10 minutes to get as many letters as
possible completed.
2 Compare with the other groups in the class to see which
group has found appliances for the most letters.
3 Use catalogues, household magazines, and the internet if
available, to try to find an appliance for any letters that
no group has managed to find one for.
4 Sort images of appliances from catalogues and
magazines into those that use mains electricity, those
that use batteries and those that can use either.

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 Electricity

We say something is manual if it is

done by hand. Manual objects do
not use electricity to work.
A manual toothbrush and
1 In your group discuss an electric toothbrush.
whether you would prefer
to use a manual toothbrush
or an electric toothbrush.
Explain why.

Working as a pair you have 10 minutes to list as many

appliances as you can that can be both electrical and
manual (does not use electricity).
Share your ideas to help build a class list.

These pictures show some

electrical appliances that are
often used at home.
2 How many do you use in
your home?
3 Discuss with your group
what you would do if they
had never been invented.
4 Record all the electrical
appliances you use in a
day. For each one describe
what you would do if the
appliance did not exist.
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