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title: "Year 4 - Investigating Conductors and Insulators"
url: "https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2023-03-15-year-4-investigating-conductors-and-insulators"
school: "St Barnabas Primary School, A Church of England Academy"
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# Year 4 - Investigating Conductors and Insulators

  ![](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/images/news/D7EB2CAD-BA41-4DAA-8289-7B4AC5A9133C.jpeg)   15 March 2023

Happy British Science Week from Year 4. In science this week we have been finding out which materials make good electrical conductors by adding them to our series circuits. Tin foil and steel made great conductors.

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