Edward’s Gate Light: Activities

Shared Reading · Year 4. An adult reads the questions and clues aloud. Children can talk, point, sign or choose an answer. For Jumbled Words, show the matching vocabulary word and build it together; children do not need to read independently.

Vocabulary

Read these five words from the story. Talk about what they mean.

switch: A part that opens or closes an electrical path.
current: The flow of electric charge.
conducting: Allowing electric current to pass.
conductors: Materials that allow electric current to pass readily.
insulators: Materials that do not let electric current pass readily.

Jumbled Words

Use the clue to make a word from the story. Drag the letters with a mouse or finger, or tap a letter and then a space.

Put the story in order

Drag the pictures into order from first to last with a mouse or finger. Or tap a picture, then tap where it should go. Use arrow keys to move a focused picture.

Tell the story

Explain the gap, the closed switch and Edward’s improved design.