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- 3rd - 7th
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Student engage in several activities to explore electricity. They construct a voltaic pile, flashlight, and a conductivity tester. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students investigate the role of electricity in the world today. They also explore conductors and insulators and how batteries work. Full Review »
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- 6th - 9th
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Students use the Internet to discover what electricity is and how it is made. They examine a site that discusses electricity and magnetism. They discover the ways electricity can be generated. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students discover what an electrical engineer does by drafting a project with a team. They state the type of electricity and circuits they use in their project. They also calculate how many watts are needed for an hour of electricity. Full Review »
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- 10th
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Students explore the items used to control the possible excessive flow of electricity into a building. The load on the circuits, the level at which the breaker blows, and the function of fuses is explored in this application of math. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students use the disciplines of math and science to examine ecosystems. In groups, they calculate the amount of supplies they would need to live in the classroom for one day, a week and a year. Using this information, they apply it to situations facing the world. To end the lesson, they examine the amount of paper wasted in their class and how to use it more efficiently. Full Review »
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- 7th - 10th
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Students find the constant of proportionality and apply it to a situation. They use the electrical resistance in a wire as a context for finding the constant of proportionality. In addition, they write an explanation and justification of each mathematical step. Full Review »
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- 4th - 8th
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Students recall why magnetism and electricity are important to us and our everyday lives. In groups, they discover how an electromagnet works and research its impact as well. They answer discussion questions and share their findings with the class. Full Review »
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- 6th - 9th
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Students explore how math can be used to calculate and analyze how electricity causes air pollution. Students design a campaign to educate family members on ways they can save electricity. They create a graph that compares two electric bills to determine how much energy was saved. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students describe how electric charges exert forces on each other as well as compare the strengths of electric and gravitational forces. They distinguish between conductors and insulators. In addition, students examine voltage and define/use the Ohm's Law formula. Full Review »
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