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Current Electricity & Electric Circuits StudyJam

Classroom Resource Information

Title:

Current Electricity & Electric Circuits StudyJam

URL:

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Type:

Interactive/Game

Overview:

Electricity is a form of power that is produced by the movement of electrons. When the flow of electrons is constant, it produces an electric current.

The classroom resource provides a slide show that will describe electricity and how it works. This resource can provide background information for students before they carry out their own investigations. There is also a short test that can be used to assess students' understanding.

Content Standard(s):

Science
SC2015 (2015)
Grade: 4

2 ) Plan and carry out investigations that explain transference of energy from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.

a. Provide evidence that heat can be produced in many ways (e.g., rubbing hands together, burning leaves) and can move from one object to another by conduction.

b. Demonstrate that different objects can absorb, reflect, and/or conduct energy.

c. Demonstrate that electric circuits require a complete loop through which an electric current can pass.

NAEP Framework

NAEP Statement::
P4.11: Electricity flowing through an electrical circuit produces magnetic effects in the wires. In an electrical circuit containing a battery, a bulb, and a bell, energy from the battery is transferred to the bulb and the bell, which in turn transfer the energy to their surroundings as light, sound, and heat (thermal energy).

NAEP Statement::
P4.2: Objects vary in the extent to which they absorb and reflect light and conduct heat (thermal energy) and electricity.

NAEP Statement::
P4.7: Heat (thermal energy), electricity, light, and sound are forms of energy.^§

NAEP Statement::
P4.8: Heat (thermal energy) results when substances burn, when certain kinds of materials rub against each other, and when electricity flows though wires. Metals are good conductors of heat (thermal energy) and electricity. Increasing the temperature of any substance requires the addition of energy.

Unpacked Content

Scientific And Engineering Practices:

Planning and Carrying out Investigations; Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions; Developing and Using Models

Crosscutting Concepts: Energy and Matter

Disciplinary Core Idea: Energy

Evidence Of Student Attainment:

Students:

Plan and carry out investigations that explain transference of energy from place to place by sound.
Plan and carry out investigations that explain transference of energy from place to place by light.
Plan and carry out investigations that explain transference of energy from place to place by heat.
Plan and carry out investigations that explain transference of energy from place to place by electric currents.
Provide evidence that heat can be produced in many ways.
Provide evidence that heat can move from one object to another by conduction.
Demonstrate that different objects can absorb energy.
Demonstrate that different objects can reflect energy.
Demonstrate that different objects can conduct energy.
Demonstrate that electric circuits require a complete loop for the electric current to pass through.

Teacher Vocabulary:

Construct
Transfer
Energy
Potential energy
Kinetic energy
Friction
Conduction
Absorb
Reflect
Circuit
Open circuit
Close circuit
Heat
Radiation
Convection
Collision
Motion
Electrical energy
Stored energy

Knowledge:

Students know:

Energy is present whenever there are moving objects, sound, light, or heat.
The transfer of energy, including the following:

Collisions between objects.
Light traveling from one place to another.
Electric currents producing motion, sound, heat, or light.
Sound traveling from one place to another.
Heat passing from one object to another.
Motion, sound, heat, and light causing a different type of energy to be observed after an interaction.

Heat is produced in many ways.
Heat can move via conduction.
The properties of different objects cause them to be able to absorb, reflect, and/or conduct energy.
Electric currents pass through a circuit.

Skills:

Students are able to:

Collaboratively plan and carry out an investigation that converts energy one form to another.

Identify the phenomenon.
Identify the evidence to address the purpose of the investigation.
Collect the data.

Construct an explanation using evidence about heat production.
Develop a model demonstrating that different objects can absorb, reflect, and/or conduct energy.
Develop a model demonstrating electric circuits.

Understanding:

Students understand that:

Energy can be transferred in various ways and between objects.
Heat energy can be produced in many ways.
The properties of objects, e.g. ability to absorb, reflect, or conduct energy, relate to their function.
Electric energy can be transferred through circuits.

AMSTI Resources:

AMSTI Module:
Energy and Waves

Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards

AAS Standard:
SCI.AAS.4.2- Recognize different sources of heat; Identify materials that are conductors of heat, such as metals.

Science
SC2015 (2015)
Grade: 4

4 ) Design, construct, and test a device that changes energy from one form to another (e.g., electric circuits converting electrical energy into motion, light, or sound energy; a passive solar heater converting light energy into heat energy).*

NAEP Framework

NAEP Statement::
P4.7: Heat (thermal energy), electricity, light, and sound are forms of energy.^§

Unpacked Content

Scientific And Engineering Practices:

Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions

Crosscutting Concepts: Energy and Matter

Disciplinary Core Idea: Energy

Evidence Of Student Attainment:

Students:

Given a problem to solve, students collaboratively design a device that converts energy from one form to another. In the design, students:

Teacher Vocabulary:

criteria
constraint
energy
device
convert
design
construct
kinetic
potential
transform
evidence
engineering design process
ask
imagine
plan
create
improve

Knowledge:

Students know:

Energy can be transferred from place to place by electric currents.

Skills:

Students are able to:

Use scientific knowledge to generate design solutions that convert energy from one form to another.
Describe the given criteria and constraints of the design, which include the following:

The initial and final forms of energy.
Describe how the solution functions to transfer energy from one form to another.

Evaluate potential solutions in terms of the desired features.
Modify the design solutions to make them more effective.

Understanding:

Students understand that:

Energy can be transferred in various ways and between objects.
Engineers improve existing technologies or develop new ones but are limited by available resources.

Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards

AAS Standard:
SCI.AAS.4.4- Identify common sources of energy used every day (e.g., electricity, gas, sun).

Tags:

circuit, conductor, current, electric, electricity, electron, energy, insulator, kinetic energy

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Comments

The test may be completed as a whole group or independently on student devices.

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Author:

Hannah Bradley

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Current Electricity & Electric Circuits StudyJam