Thursday, April 4, 2013

Fifth Grade Electrical Circuits



                   
 
Electricity flows in a path along a closed circuit, and what fun it initiates on its way!



To open, highlight, right click, then click on the blue GO TO LINK pop-up on your screen.
A good short lesson on electric motors can be found at my favorite site, TEACHER DOMAIN:http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/psu06-nano_vid_electrons/

Here's a fun learning game that teaches the symbols used to draw a circuit: http://www.andythelwell.com/blobz/guide.html
And here's a great link for static electricity - rub a ballon on a wool sweater! (Just hit RUN NOW and ignore the ads!)
http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/balloons

From this same site, University of Colorado at Boulder, comes an exciting skate board game combining kinetic, potential, and thermal energy.  (Just play around and be sure to check out the graphs.)
http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/energy-skate-park

Hands-on activities generates loads of learning-related conversation.
 


And cooperation can lead to unanticipated results!

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