Thank you for using the BIG LIGHT PROJECT for your primary pupils.
Here is where you will find all the teaching materials, lesson plans and extra interactive resources to help you in the classroom. You can download each individual lesson or the complete project here.
I hope you enjoy using them, and don’t forget to let me know what you think using my online feedback form!

Lesson 1: Invention of the light bulb
Explore the history of the light bulb.
Lesson 2: What the light bulb achieves for us
How the light bulb has changed our lives.
Lesson 3: Lighting: Then and now
How lighting was used in the past and how modern lighting does a better job.
Lesson 4: Different sources of light
Review and discuss all the different types of lighting.
Lesson 5: Light is all around
All the uses of light we have in the world today.
Lesson 6: Our light bulb family with interactive content
Create a family of light bulbs.
Lesson 7: Design a light
Celebrate the importance of light by designing a light feature.
Lesson 8: Saving the planet starts at home with interative content
How saving the planet starts at home.
Lesson 9: LIGHTBULB
Writing a poetic tribute to the light bulb.
Lesson 10: Make a light bulb with interactive content
The ultimate science experiement - make a light bulb.
Download the currciulum mapping for this project and the accompanying project poster.
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