Topic 14: Safety with electricity and the national electricity grid

1. Complete in workbooks:

• Act. 1 Revise knowledge about electricity generation (page 175)

• Act. 4 Practice wiring a three-pin plug (page 179)

• Act. 5 Research alternative sources of energy (page 181)

• Act. 6 Revise nuclear power (page 183)

• Act. 7 Evaluate the national electricity grid (page 185)

• Topic 14 Revision (page 186)

2. Important terminology:

Below is a list of the key terms in Topic 5. Use the "Key word" text boxes on pages 175 - 186 to compile a list of important terminology with definitions in your workbooks

• overload

• fuse

• circuit breaker

• earth leakage

• power station

• hydroelectric power

• pumped storage

• heliostats

• nuclear fission

• nuclear waste

• national electricity grid

• power surge

• blackout

3. Informal assessment: