More than a third of students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education.
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As we begin our third grade energy unit and fourth grade electricity unit, there is no better way to introduce these 2 exciting topics than to create energy ourselves. My third and fourth graders are going to turn their bodies into conductors of electricity!
These energy sticks allow students to investigate open and closed circuits using their own bodies! All humans have the static electricity inside us to create energy, and students will learn how to harness that electricity to complete a circuit. The Energy Sticks are plastic tubes with electrodes on each end of the plastic tube. When these electrodes are touched simultaneously, the tube lights up and makes noise. When one or both of the electrodes are released, the flashing lights and noise stop because the circuit is broken.
I plan to have students each experiment with his/her own Energy Stick, and then create multi-student circuits by having students hold hands in a circle. One participant can hold one electrode and the person next to him or her can hold the other electrode. If everyone in the circle is holding hands, the Energy Stick will light up and make noise. We will learn that as someone breaks the circle it will stop.
My students will love learning about energy and electricity using these Energy Sticks, and I can't wait to launch this activity!
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As we begin our third grade energy unit and fourth grade electricity unit, there is no better way to introduce these 2 exciting topics than to create energy ourselves. My third and fourth graders are going to turn their bodies into conductors of electricity!
These energy sticks allow students to investigate open and closed circuits using their own bodies! All humans have the static electricity inside us to create energy, and students will learn how to harness that electricity to complete a circuit. The Energy Sticks are plastic tubes with electrodes on each end of the plastic tube. When these electrodes are touched simultaneously, the tube lights up and makes noise. When one or both of the electrodes are released, the flashing lights and noise stop because the circuit is broken.
I plan to have students each experiment with his/her own Energy Stick, and then create multi-student circuits by having students hold hands in a circle. One participant can hold one electrode and the person next to him or her can hold the other electrode. If everyone in the circle is holding hands, the Energy Stick will light up and make noise. We will learn that as someone breaks the circle it will stop.
My students will love learning about energy and electricity using these Energy Sticks, and I can't wait to launch this activity!