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30 Electrical blackouts Lesson Plans
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- Grade Range
- 6th - 12th
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Students create a variety of simple, series and parallel electrical circuits to illustrate how electricity flows through different types of basic circuits. Full Review »
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- 6th - Higher Ed
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Students reflect on the role of electrical energy in their daily lives. They consider ways in which they might prepare for a blackout. They examine role of energy deregulation in the August 2003 blackout. Finally, they present this information on posters and illustrated timelines. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 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 »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students read and discuss articles on the history of the energy crisis in California. They explore deregulation and the impact that it has had on energy costs. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students brainstorm a list of electrical devices used in their home. They read an article about electricity usage in a heat wave. In groups, they create public service announcements promoting energy conservation. They share their ideas with the class. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students work together to discover the concept of electrical energy. They examine the relationship between charge, voltage, currents and resistance. They test circuits and analyze how they work. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th - 7th
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Students read news reports and first-person accounts of a blackout in a large city and keep weblogs or journals. They take on different roles of people who live in the city or commute there to work and then use their journal accounts to create a play or screenplay that depicts what the August 2003 blackout was like for the people in the U.S. and Canada who experienced it. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students are introduced to the idea of electrical energy. They learn about the relationships between charge, voltage, current and resistance. They discover that electrical energy is the form of energy that powers most of their household appliances and toys. In the excellent associated activities, students discover how a circuit works and test materials to see if they conduct electricity. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th - 8th
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Students read news reports in order to imagine what it would be like to be in a blackout in a large city. They write stories, letters, and reports that incorporate source materials. They become familiar with vocabulary and particpate in an assessment portion of the lesson. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 12th
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Students explore the role that electricity plays in their daily lives, both in school and at home. They conduct research on energy usage in various rooms of the school and in their homes and create posters, graphs, and analyses of their school's/family's energy usage. Full Review »
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