{"id":1053,"date":"2024-03-21T11:20:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T11:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/skeldprimary\/?p=1053"},"modified":"2024-03-21T11:20:02","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T11:20:02","slug":"electricity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/skeldprimary\/2024\/03\/21\/electricity\/","title":{"rendered":"Electricity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have been doing further work on Electricity and after discussing electrical safety we wanted to find out how the power came into the school.\u00a0 We went and found the power pole that had the school transformer on it then worked out where it would come into the building. Evidently the boiler house, it then went to the main fuse box in the cupboard in the corridor.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1053 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/skeldprimary\/20240312_1424061\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/skeldprimary\/uploads\/sites\/3058\/2024\/03\/18123806\/20240312_1424061-225x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/skeldprimary\/uploads\/sites\/3058\/2024\/03\/18123806\/20240312_1424061-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/skeldprimary\/uploads\/sites\/3058\/2024\/03\/18123806\/20240312_1424061-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/skeldprimary\/uploads\/sites\/3058\/2024\/03\/18123806\/20240312_1424061-rotated.jpg 945w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/skeldprimary\/20240312_1429141\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/skeldprimary\/uploads\/sites\/3058\/2024\/03\/18123837\/20240312_1429141-225x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/skeldprimary\/uploads\/sites\/3058\/2024\/03\/18123837\/20240312_1429141-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/skeldprimary\/uploads\/sites\/3058\/2024\/03\/18123837\/20240312_1429141-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/skeldprimary\/uploads\/sites\/3058\/2024\/03\/18123837\/20240312_1429141-rotated.jpg 945w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We dismantled lots of things! We just forgot to photograph them!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1059\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1059\" style=\"width: 945px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1059 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/skeldprimary\/uploads\/sites\/3058\/2024\/03\/18123948\/20240315_1300461-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"945\" height=\"1260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/skeldprimary\/uploads\/sites\/3058\/2024\/03\/18123948\/20240315_1300461-rotated.jpg 945w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/skeldprimary\/uploads\/sites\/3058\/2024\/03\/18123948\/20240315_1300461-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/skeldprimary\/uploads\/sites\/3058\/2024\/03\/18123948\/20240315_1300461-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 945px) 100vw, 945px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1059\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mr. Renwick brought us a switch and electric cable from home so we could see what they looked like &#8211; we took the switch apart too!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We looked at what the inside of a plug and wall socket to see what they looked like.\u00a0 We opened up some electrical cable to see what the wires were like. We found out that most cables\u00a0 in our houses are made of copper, but that silver is the best conductor of electricity. We use copper as it is cheaper. After taking apart an old power cable from a laptop we found that it was made of braided steel wire.<\/p>\n<p>We made lots of circuits too, here we are testing our fans.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1060\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1060\" style=\"width: 1260px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1060 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/skeldprimary\/uploads\/sites\/3058\/2024\/03\/18124152\/20240313_1456591.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1260\" height=\"945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/skeldprimary\/uploads\/sites\/3058\/2024\/03\/18124152\/20240313_1456591.jpg 1260w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/skeldprimary\/uploads\/sites\/3058\/2024\/03\/18124152\/20240313_1456591-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/skeldprimary\/uploads\/sites\/3058\/2024\/03\/18124152\/20240313_1456591-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/skeldprimary\/uploads\/sites\/3058\/2024\/03\/18124152\/20240313_1456591-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1260px) 100vw, 1260px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1060\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We noticed an odd optical illusion. All three fans are spinning, one is invisible, one is a blur and the third looks like it is moving really slowly.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There was lots of investigative science . We wondered what would happen to a light bulb with a really long and short wire. We thought the short wired one would light up first (spoiler alert &#8211; we were wrong) we were amazed to see that it didn&#8217;t make a difference. the 3 metre wire and 0.3 metre wire lit up the bulb at exactly the same time.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 474px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-1053-1\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/quicktime\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/skeldprimary\/uploads\/sites\/3058\/2024\/03\/21111056\/IMG_0478.mov?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/skeldprimary\/uploads\/sites\/3058\/2024\/03\/21111056\/IMG_0478.mov\">https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/skeldprimary\/uploads\/sites\/3058\/2024\/03\/21111056\/IMG_0478.mov<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We then wondered how long a wire would light a bulb from a battery. 3 metres worked&#8230; so what about 20 metres? Absolutely no problem at all! (Don&#8217;t worry about the table on its side.. it is being used for a STEM project!)<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 474px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-1053-2\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/skeldprimary\/uploads\/sites\/3058\/2024\/03\/18124925\/20240313_1435041.mp4?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/skeldprimary\/uploads\/sites\/3058\/2024\/03\/18124925\/20240313_1435041.mp4\">https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/skeldprimary\/uploads\/sites\/3058\/2024\/03\/18124925\/20240313_1435041.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>Oh and evidently it was Disco Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have been doing further work on Electricity and after discussing electrical safety we wanted to find out how the power came into the school.\u00a0 We went and found the power pole that had the school transformer on it then worked out where it would come into the building. Evidently the boiler house, it then &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/skeldprimary\/2024\/03\/21\/electricity\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Electricity<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3921,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/skeldprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/skeldprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/skeldprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/skeldprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3921"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/skeldprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1053"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/skeldprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1066,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/skeldprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1053\/revisions\/1066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/skeldprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/skeldprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/skeldprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}