Resources for schools and home learning (Primary School age)

Our primary school age resources are suitable for KS2 students (age 7-11) and consist of:

1. Curiosity Box resource videos, to enhance the learning alongside the ‘Fully Charged Battery‘  STEM kit for schools. Curriculum subjects covered: English, Science, Geography, PSHE, Design and Technology

What happens inside a rechargeable lithium ion battery?
What materials can we use to make a lemon battery?
How does a lemon become a battery?
Where does the electricity in a lemon battery come from?
Build your own voltaic pile

     2. Classroom resource – ‘Life cycle of a phone’  The purpose of this set of resources is to expose young minds to battery research and technology through interactive activities that can be led by teachers, industry experts and older students – helping to develop science communication skills. Curriculum subjects covered: English, Science, Geography, PSHE, Design and Technology.

The Educator Pack gives an overview and lists the learning outcomes .

Life cycle of a phone - Educator pack
Section 1 - Building blocks of a phone - Presenter notes
Section 1 - Building blocks of a phone - presentation slides
Section 1 - Building blocks of a phone - phone net for printing
Section 1 - Building blocks of a phone - phone assembly instructions
Section 1 - Building blocks of a phone - components and assembly instructions
Section 1 - Building blocks of a phone - component net for single student (for printing)
Section 1 - Building blocks of a phone - component net for 3 students (for printing)
Section 1 - Building blocks of a phone - component net for 2 students (for printing)
Section 2 - What happens to our phones when we no longer need them - Presentation
Section 2 - What happens to our phones? - Waste disposal worksheet
Section 2 - What happens to our phones? - Waste disposal worksheet answers (for teachers)
Section 2 - What happens to our phones - Presenter notes
Section 3 - Where do the materials in our phone come from - Presentation
Section 3 - Where do the materials in our phone come from - Presenter notes
Where do the materials in our phone come from - Worksheet on countries
Where do the materials in our phone come from - Worksheet answers (for teacher use)
Section 3 - Where do the materials in our phone come from - Country posters

Our primary resources were developed in 2021 by our FutureCat Faraday Summer Undergraduate Experience (FUSE) student, Jan Oledzki.

The FUSE programme is funded by the Faraday Institution.

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