SCIENCE BLOCK 4 PROJECT ACTIVITIES - ELECTRICITY

 HOMEWORK LINKS:

Answer questions on your notebook:

http://www.ducksters.com/science/electricity_102.php

http://www.explainthatstuff.com/electricity.html

http://www.physics4kids.com/files/elec_conduct.html

Conductors and insulators – very good

http://www.dkfindout.com/uk/science/electricity/conductors-and-insulators/

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFsmuAejI84

A. After we have watched a video about electricity in class:
1.  click on the link below....and
http://www.kids.esdb.bg/electricity.html

2. read the first paragraph,

3. answer question 1:

    1. What is electricity?


4. Now, click on the link below and read the first paragraph. 

5. Answer question 2:

    2. What is an atom?


B. When you have finished, click on the links below and do the activities:

1. Learn about energy:

http://www.eia.gov/kids/

2. Do a quiz on atoms and electricity:

https://www.quia.com/cz/8236.html?AP_rand=2016906410

    

3. Frankenstein’s Lighting Laboratory:

http://www.miamisci.org/af/sln/frankenstein/safety.html

4. Electricity circuits – which materials conduct electricity?

          http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/6_7/electricity.shtml 
 

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/gamesactivities/circuitsconductors.html

 


C. For this activity you will need two worksheets to do the following:
 

1. Read the tips for saving electricity. 
2. In your worksheet, make a list of 10 tips for saving electricity at home.
3. Read about how electricity gets to your home. Complete diagram (A2)
4. Go through the page games and activities.

Click on the link below to find the information:

For No. 1

http://kids.saveonenergy.ca/en/what-is-electricity/electricity-saving-tips-page-3.html

For No. 3
http://www.lcra.org/energy/energy-education-and-safety/pages/how-does-electricity-get-to-your-home.aspx 

http://www.electricity-guide.org.uk/science.html



D. Interactive games and activities on electricity safety.

1. Go to Switched on Kids website at www.switchedonkids.org.uk and click onto  "Electrical Safety in Your House".

2. Room by room,  try to identify the possible electrical hazards in each room. Make predictions.

 

3. click on the different appliances to see what happens.

4. Find out what is your electric personality by taking a test:

http://kids.saveonenergy.ca/en/whats-my-electric-personality/personality_quiz.aspx 

 

Finished! Well done! 

You may watch a video on "static electricity"

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoV2YZPHhpg

You can have some fun while learning at:

http://www.andythelwell.com/blobz/guide.html

Can you do a quiz? Think about the answer, the click to check it:

 http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/revision/science/elec.html

Watch a video to learn how to draw a circuit:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=js7Q-r7G9ug

Now, try to draw a circuit using the symbols: 

http://www.cleo.net.uk/consultants_resources/science/circuitWorld/circuitworld.html