Activating Discuss what the Review the Think, pair and Why do we need to Use a pumpkin to Strategy: learners know about components in a share: Why do we know what conducts make a complete Lesson Opener, Warm-up, Hook electricity. Discuss complete, closed need to know what electricity—how do circuit. the topic at your circuit. materials will we use this table. Each group conduct electricity knowledge in our will state 2 things and which ones lives? they know about don’t? electricity. Teaching Group task 1: Group task 2: Use Students will Watch Study Jams Group task: Each group will be the materials perform an on electricity and Investigate with Strategies: Procedures, given materials to provided to make a investigation to take quiz, Watch potatoes in each Technology, explore to complete circuit that makes 2 determine which video about group, will they Performance Tasks a circuit. Monitor loads work on one materials given will conductors and conduct electricity groups as they make circuit. Then make 2 conduct insulators on Watch electricity the light work. Visit work on separate elec.(conductors) videos on on each table and ask circuits. Monitor and which materials Have students write energy sources for what components and question the will not conduct the answer to the circuits. are needed to tables. Have them elec.(insulators) EQ and explain in a complete a circuit. draw each. Record results in lab paragraph. Draw notebooks. “what in the worked” science notebook. Summarizing Let one group Give the name Check together as a Take up paragraphs, Draw on alternative demonstrate a series and parallel whole group the lab have one good source of energy for Strategies: Closing Activity complete circuit. circuits to the results. example to read a circuit in the lab (closed) Use the appropriate models. aloud. notebook. terms energy source, Label drawings in wires and load. notebooks. Write generalization about what makes a circuit complete.
Activating Strategy: Lesson Opener, Warm-up, Hook Discuss what the learners know about electricity. Discuss the topic at your table. Each group will state 2 things they know about electricity. Review the components in a complete, closed circuit. Think, pair and share: Why do we need to know what materials will conduct electricity and which ones don’t? Why do we need to know what conducts electricity—how do we use this knowledge in our lives? Use a pumpkin to make a complete circuit. Teaching Strategies: Procedures, Technology, Performance Tasks Group task 1: Each group will be given materials to explore to complete a circuit. Monitor groups as they make the light work. Visit each table and ask what components are needed to complete a circuit. Draw “what worked” in the science notebook. Group task 2: Use the materials provided to make a circuit that makes 2 loads work on one circuit. Then make 2 work on separate circuits. Monitor and question the tables. Have them draw each. Students will perform an investigation to determine which materials given will conduct elec.(conductors) and which materials will not conduct elec.(insulators) Record results in lab notebooks. Watch Study Jams on electricity and take quiz, Watch video about conductors and insulators on Have students write the answer to the EQ and explain in a paragraph. Group task: Investigate with potatoes in each group, will they conduct electricity Watch electricity videos on on energy sources for circuits. Summarizing Strategies: Closing Activity Let one group demonstrate a complete circuit. (closed) Use the terms energy source, wires and load. Give the name series and parallel circuits to the appropriate models. Label drawings in notebooks. Write generalization about what makes a circuit complete. Check together as a whole group the lab results. Take up paragraphs, have one good example to read aloud. Draw on alternative source of energy for a circuit in the lab notebook.