Conductors and Insulators

Did you know that electricity can only flow through some materials? Well the clever Year 3 and 4 students do.

They made electrical circuits then put different materials into the circuit to see if the electricity would flow through and light the bulb.

They found out that only metal things would let the electricity through. These have a special name called conductors.

Things made from plastic, glass, wood, paper, fabric, stone, shell and rubber did not let electricity through. These have a special name called insulators.