Learning Activity Template

 

Title:  It’s Electrifying!                                                                                                                                      

 

Curriculum:  Science                                                                                                                            

 

Grade-Level Span:  6                                                                                                                          

 

Authors Names & School Districts:

_Richelle Peterson, KC Pavlisich, Bill Benson – Duluth

 

 

PURPOSE: Students will be able to research the fundamentals of static electricity and complete a static electricity experiment.

 

 

DESCRIPTION:

 

 

ACTIVITIES

Curriculum Standards

Minnesota Technology Standards

ISTE-NETS

Information Literacy Standard

Big 6

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I, II, IV

6.1

1.1, 1.3

1

Brainstorm possible sources of information

 

I, II

5.3

1.4, 2.4

2

Guided research on static electricity

 

I, II, IV

5.1

1.5, 7.1

3

Record information and data

 

I, II, III, IV

2.2

2.1, 2.2

4

Create an electricity web (Inspirations software)

 

I, II, IV

3.2, 4.2

3.1, 3.4, 9.1

5

Apply learning to complete a static electricity experiment

 

I, II, IV

3.2, 4.2

3.1, 3.4, 9.1

5

Evaluation

 

 

3.1

6.1

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOOLS AND RESOURCES:

(List all Web sites, specific software and hardware, and other needs.)

 

Websites:

 

"Static Electricity." Experiment Central. Vols. 1-4. U*X*L, 2000. Junior Reference Collection. Thomson Gale. 14 October 2006 <http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/JRC>

Math, Irwin. "Electricity." The New Book of Knowledge®. 2006. Grolier Online. 14 Oct. 2006 <http://nbk.grolier.com/cgi-bin/article?assetid=a2008910-h>.

Software:

 

Inspiration 7.6

Power Point

 

ASESSMENT:

(How will you assess the students’ learning? If you have a rubric, record it here. Be as specific as possible.)

 

Rubric courtesy of Franker, Karen.  Inspiration and Kidspiration:  Tools to Increase Study Skills and Comprehension.  April 2, 2006

 

CREDITS (INCLUDING CONTACT INFORMATION):

(Record the names and e-mail addresses, if possible, of those who contributed to the development of this learning activity.)

Richelle Peterson (Team Leader)  Richelle.Peterson@duluth.k12.mn.us

William.Benson@duluth.k12.mn.us

Kara.Pavlisich@duluth.k12.mn.us

 

 

COMMENTS:

 

Other resources used in the Power Point presentation are cited in the presentation.

 

(Have you taught this learning activity before? What are the great ah ha’s/experiences you had?)

Used with permission of the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) Project (http://www.iste.org or http://cnets.iste.org)  Contact:  Lajeane Thomas, Louisiana Tech University, P.O. Box 3161, Ruston, LA 71272;   Voice: 318 257-3923  Email:  lthomas@latech.edu