Teaching resources

To assist teachers who are supporting us in delivering important safety messages around electricity and electrical equipment, we have developed the Safety Heroes program.

The program provides interactive teaching resources that are aligned to support the curriculum requirements of Queensland schools.  The teaching resources align with the P-6 Australian Curriculum for Health and Physical Education, and key outcomes for Science, English, Mathematics and Drama.

Our Safety Heroes program is held during Electricity Safety Week in September, throughout Queensland primary schools.

Registrations for a free resource pack are now open to Queensland primary schools. The pack contains a lesson booklet P-6 , interactive resources, simple circuit kit, student prizes, merit certificate, posters, stickers and more.

Register your school by Friday 23 August 2019 by email or call 07 3910 1052 the Safety Heroes team.

Resources for Prep to Year 6 students

You can view the Electricity Safety Week resources and download a copy:

• Activity booklet P-6 (PDF 3.3 mb) – electricity safety activities for P-6 students
• Social stories booklet (PDF 3.4 mb) - to help students with Autism Spectrum Disorder understand electricity safety behaviours
• Electricity safety poster (PDF 2.0 mb) – to place around the school and classrooms
• Merit certificate (PDF 531.0 kb) – your principal can sign it and distribute to your students
• Teacher feedback form (PDF 689.4 kb)
• Safety fact sheets – important tips for students to take home with them
• Safety videos - eight interactive videos about electricity.

Electricity & safety unit for Year 6 students

We are also offering a free electricity and safety unit for Year 6 classes. The free resources are designed to help teachers meet the Science Australian Curriculum for Year 6 and contain embedded interactive class activities, videos and teacher's notes.

The resources include a lesson book and four complementary interactive whiteboard lessons that engage students in learning about electricity and how to be safe around it.

You can view existing resources and download a copy:

• Electricity & Safety Lesson book for Year 6 (PDF 1.0 mb)
• Interactive whiteboard lessons for Year 6
  • Interactive whiteboard lesson 1
    • What is electricity
    • Electricity generation and transmission
    • Transportation of electricity
    • Simple electric circuits
  • Interactive whiteboard lesson 2
    • Electricity safety
  • Interactive whiteboard lesson 3
    • Conductors and insulators
    • Series and parallel circuits
    • Electricity energy investigation
    • Design task
    • Electrical consumption
  • Interactive whiteboard lesson 4 (optional)
    • What is energy?
    • Transforming energy.

If you would prefer to have them sent to you on a USB please email or call 07 3910 1052.