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- 5th - 9th
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Students uncover the science behind lightning and thunder.Theyexamine electrical attraction between like and unlike charges, and the force that creates lightning, is first explained using static electricity. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students explain concepts related to static electricity, based on a single example: lightning. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students decide what they want to explore lightning, how to go about finding the answers, and deciding what skills they need to further study some of their questions. Full Review »
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- 4th - 5th
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Students compose lightning safety rules and explore facts and fiction about lightning. They examine the cause of lightning when a channel nears an object on the ground, a powerful surge of electricity from the ground moves upward to the cloud. and pr Full Review »
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- 1st - 4th
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Students research lightning paying particular attention to how it is formed, where it is most likely to occur, and how most people struck by lightning survive. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students identify lightning in pictures from the provided Internet site. They study a definition of lightning as a form of heat energy that can be dangerous. They state and illustrate a minimum of three lightning safety rules. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students study concepts related to static electricity, based on a single example: lightning. They explain how static electricity, lightning, and sparks are all related phenomena. They draw a diagram illustrating the negative and positive charges that occur in a lightning storm. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students will identify the characteristics that define lightning and the different kinds of lightning. They learn to identify geographic causes for the formation of extreme lightning. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students comprehend that static electricity is the cause of lightning. They comprehend that lightning forms because of an accumulation of electrical charges inside a cloud due to friction from dust, ice, and water droplets. Students also comprehend that the bottom of a cloud becomes negatively charged and discharges a lightning strike when enough charge has built up. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students determine the distance to nearby lightning strike or a distant thunderstorm. After a discussion on thunder and what causes it, they participate in an activity and discover how to calculate the distance of a storm by counting the seconds between the lightning and the sound of thunder. Full Review »
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