Our next unit in science was electricity! First we learned about the two types: static and current. For static electricity, we learned that the electrons build up in one place. When they "jump" to a new object (because opposite charges attract), that is called static discharge. That's what lightning is! That's also what happens when you rub your feet against the carpet then touch something metal.
After static electricity, we learned that current electricity is the flow of electrons through a pathway. We did some awesome labs, including building simple, series, and parallel circuits. We also used lemons to create batteries.It took all 8 of the lemons in the class to light one LED bulb! We used hands-on materials to build all of our circuits after we first diagrammed them and learned the definitions of each part in our science notebooks.
Finally, we had a guest speaker come to our class (Ms. Bad's brother) to tell us about how he uses electricity and circuits at his job at Boeing. They build airplanes, which uses electrical circuits to for all the parts of an airplane that use light or power. We learned about how electrical power can be changed into other types of energy. We connected a copper wire to a battery and it got really hot, which is heat energy. We used that hot wire to cut marshmallows and chocolate! What was your favorite part of this unit?
After static electricity, we learned that current electricity is the flow of electrons through a pathway. We did some awesome labs, including building simple, series, and parallel circuits. We also used lemons to create batteries.It took all 8 of the lemons in the class to light one LED bulb! We used hands-on materials to build all of our circuits after we first diagrammed them and learned the definitions of each part in our science notebooks.
Finally, we had a guest speaker come to our class (Ms. Bad's brother) to tell us about how he uses electricity and circuits at his job at Boeing. They build airplanes, which uses electrical circuits to for all the parts of an airplane that use light or power. We learned about how electrical power can be changed into other types of energy. We connected a copper wire to a battery and it got really hot, which is heat energy. We used that hot wire to cut marshmallows and chocolate! What was your favorite part of this unit?