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Electrical conductivity

By Mrs Allan, in Year 5 - Tuesday, 23 September 2025

In science this week, year 5 have been looking into the electrial conductivity of various different metals.  We connected 5 different metals to a simple circuit to see which would allow the most electricity to flow to the light bulb.  We had a few surprising results!