Get Set – Investigations with Jelly
You and your learners may well have enjoyed a trifle, or other jelly based pudding recently. When following the instructions for making up the jelly you may have noticed some interesting information. If you look at some recipes for setting fruit into jelly you may see a warning about using certain fruits.
This raises several questions which could lead to investigations which are suitable for the primary classroom.
Pupils and students must, of course, never build circuits that run directly from mains electricity. Batteries make a safe, effective substitute, provided you follow some simple advice.