Warm up/ Hook: Electricity by Schoolhouse Rock! Transition: For this section have the students put on their imaginary lab coats because these games are experiments! They will be annualizing the connections between the games and the complex circuit information, static electricity, and circuit stuff we’ve been studying so they’ll need their science brains engaged! Have students break into three groups. They will be leading themselves through rounds of the games we have done this unit. Your job is to facilitate and side coach if needed but they are capable scientists who have demonstrated that they are able to do these things. Instruction: Have them Play a game of Zap! (Like woosh or similar games- just different names for the actions) In a circle (cause theatre games love circles…) One person starts by turning to the person on their right points at them and says That person turns to their right, points, and says, “ZAP!” This continues till everyone has done it. “Zap!” Introduce the other rules! -To reverse direction the receiving person puts their hands up and says, This “Negative!” reverses the polarity of the circuit! -To skip a person say, and arch arms over the person their are skipping. “re-wire” -To change direction back against a re-wire the receiving person says, and then “RE-re-wire!” arches back over the person skipped- the play then goes in the opposite direction Unless… -The person who did the original re-wire and just received theRE-re-wire says, Then everyone in the circle says, You got burned!!!! And switches “OOOOOOHHHH!!! places in the circle. -To throw the turn to someone on the other side of the circle say, Circuit (Someone’s “Short name)!” Then make like you’re throwing a football to the person- the receiving person then chooses which direction to continue play. (More add-ons can be included like, everyone says, bulb!” “Buzzer!” “BUUUZZZZZ!!!!” “Light Everyone does jazz hands and says, Switch!” Everyone switches places! “WOW!” “Faulty Everyone goes in slow motion until someone says ,”Amp it up!” etc.) “Resistor” Now have them play a game of attract and We’ll start by walking neutrally around the room.
Warm up/ Hook: Electricity by Schoolhouse Rock! Transition: For this section have the students put on their imaginary lab coats because these games are experiments! They will be annualizing the connections between the games and the complex circuit information, static electricity, and circuit stuff we’ve been studying so they’ll need their science brains engaged! Have students break into three groups. They will be leading themselves through rounds of the games we have done this unit. Your job is to facilitate and side coach if needed but they are capable scientists who have demonstrated that they are able to do these things. Instruction: Have them Play a game of Zap! (Like woosh or similar games- just different names for the actions) In a circle (cause theatre games love circles…) One person starts by turning to the person on their right points at them and says “ZAP!” That person turns to their right, points, and says, “Zap!” This continues till everyone has done it. Introduce the other rules! -To reverse direction the receiving person puts their hands up and says, “Negative!” This reverses the polarity of the circuit! -To skip a person say, “re-wire” and arch arms over the person their are skipping. -To change direction back against a re-wire the receiving person says, “RE-re-wire!” and then arches back over the person skipped- the play then goes in the opposite direction Unless… -The person who did the original re-wire and just received theRE-re-wire says, Then everyone in the circle says, “OOOOOOHHHH!!! You got burned!!!! And switches places in the circle. -To throw the turn to someone on the other side of the circle say, “Short Circuit (Someone’s name)!” Then make like you’re throwing a football to the person- the receiving person then chooses which direction to continue play. (More add-ons can be included like, “Buzzer!” everyone says, “BUUUZZZZZ!!!!” “Light bulb!” Everyone does jazz hands and says, “WOW!” “Faulty Switch!” Everyone switches places! “Resistor” Everyone goes in slow motion until someone says ,”Amp it up!” etc.) Now have them play a game of attract and We’ll start by walking neutrally around the room.
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