Monday, January 19, 2015

IT'S ELECTRIC!!

We have been busy in room 402 exploring electricity through building circuits, testing conductors v insulators, making circuits online, and MORE!! Check out what we have learned and some resources to view at home for our upcoming test!
Go to this website to practice series and parallel circuits, conductors and insulators, and complete circuits:  

Watch this Science Court Video all about Electricity: 

Here are the girls building simple CLOSED circuits using batteries, Christmas lights, and electrical tape




After we learned about building circuits, we did a lab activity to test if different objects (such as pencils, keys, paperclips, screws, metal nails, wooden tees, etc) were CONDUCTORS or INSULATORS of electricity

CONDUCTORS keep the flow of electricity and the light stays ON!

INSULATORS stop the flow of electricity and the light stays OFF!
Here are the girls testing the materials and recording whether they are conductors or insulators of electricity




For 2 bonus points on the Science Electricity Test this week POST A COMMENT BELOW answering the following...

1. What was one thing you LEARNED about electricity?
2. What was your FAVORITE part of learning about electricity?
3. What is the DIFFERENCE between a parallel and a series circuit?

OR

 **REMINDER!! Science Fair Projects are due on February 3rd! Post a comment about your great ideas, girls!!


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6 comments:

  1. UnknownJanuary 21, 2015 at 5:16 PM

    I learned that electricity has to have all of it's parts connected to work

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  2. UnknownJanuary 21, 2015 at 5:18 PM

    My favorite part of electricity was trying it out and actually getting to see what it is about

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  3. UnknownJanuary 21, 2015 at 5:21 PM

    A series circuit has only one pathway/loop and if one light bulb goes out all the rest will too! A parallel circuit has more than one pathway/loop and if one light bulb goes out the others will not!

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    1. UnknownJanuary 22, 2015 at 6:06 PM

      Great answers, Zion!! I can tell that you have really learned a lot!

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  4. UnknownJanuary 22, 2015 at 3:22 PM

    1. I learned that electricity is a form of energy. 2. My favorite part was doing a lot of experiments with lights. 3. A series circuit has one loop and a parallel circuit has more than one loop. Carolyn Dulske

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    1. UnknownJanuary 22, 2015 at 6:07 PM

      Wonderful job, Carolyn! I'm glad that you enjoyed experimenting and exploring electricity!

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