Basile Brittany Edel441 StaticElectricityLessonPlan

7/31/2019 Basile Brittany Edel441 StaticElectricityLessonPlan

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NAME: BRITTANY BASILEDATE: 10/11/12NEVADA S TATE COLLEGE

TEACHER PREPARATION PROGRAMLESSON PLAN FORMAT

Lesson Topic: Static Electricity

Lesson Rationale: This is the first lesson of a 5 unit lesson on static electricity.

Description of Classroom: Grade 3; 14 girls 12 boys; all but 6 ELL; ages 8-9

Student Background: Students are predicted to be vaguely familiar with the concept of staticelectricity. They are not expected to know what causes it but I plan on introducing the topic by askingwho has ever rubbed a balloon on their head and noticed their hair clung to the balloon? This willhopefully allow them to make that initial personal connection with the topic of static electricity.

Nevada Standards:P.5.B.4. Forces: Students know electrically charged particles can attract or repel other electrically-chargedmaterial (e.g., static electricity).

Language Objective(s):Students will listen as I model and explain the steps to conducting the experiment.Students will speak to the classmates at their table when asked to explain how they think static electricityworks.Students will read the questions on the experiment summary worksheet that will be handed out after theyhave completed the experiment. Students will be instructed to write out what their favorite part of theexperiment was on their worksheet.


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Lesson Sequence:Engage (2-3 minutes): Ask students: How many of you know what rice krispies are? Has anyoneever seen rice krispies jump before? Raise your hand if you even think that is possible? Raise your hand if that is the craziest think you have heard? Well, today Im going to show you a way to make rice krispies

jump.Explore (10-15 minutes): Have the students come to the back table as I model the experimentthey will be doing. The experiment will go as follows:

1. Spread some rice krispies on the tabletop.

2. Blow up the balloon and tie it off.

3. Charge the balloon with static electricity by rubbing the wool against it. (For a little

laugh, I might also use a students head/hair)

4. Place the balloon about 1 inch over the top of the rice krispies.

5. Watch as the static electricity in the balloon attracts the rice krispies. Be amazed as they

jump from the table and stick to the side of the balloon.

Explain (5-10 minutes): When we rub the balloon with the piece of wool, electrons jump from thewool to the balloon. This gives the balloon a negative charge. The rice krispies on the table are positivelycharged. When we hold the balloon over the rice krispies the opposite charges attract, meaning the nega-tively charged balloon attracts the positive charge of the rice krispies. As a result the rice krispies defygravity and jump to the balloon.Elaborate (15-20 minutes): Teacher will send students back to their desk and say: Now it isyour turn to experiment with static electricity. Students will now have the opportunity to elaborate on whatthey just learned by conducting the experiment on their own as follows:Pass out a handful of rice krispies to each student and pass out 1 piece of cloth to each group. The students will take turns sharing the cloth to make static electricity on their balloon. Students should rubthe cloth about 10 times, and then pass the cloth. Each student gets a chance to make their own rice krispies

jump.Evaluate (5-10 minutes): Students will complete the experiment summary worksheet (see last

page) after the experiment has been conducted and all materials are put away.


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Safety:Teacher will advise students:-Do not throw the rice krispies-Do not put the rice krispies in your mouth.-Do not hit anyone with your balloon-Do not suck the air out of your balloon

Accommodations:Students who finish early will be asked/ allowed to read their library books or take AR test.Students who desire enrichment will be directed to go to this website either in computer lab that week

or at their home computer.www.school-for-champions.com/science/static.htm

http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/static.html

3. Students who need remediation with static electricity will be provided with a fun website page to helpwith understanding static electricity better.

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/electricity.html

Materials and Resources:1. Rice Krispies Cereal (2 boxes)

2. Sweater (to make static electricity)

3. (5) pieces of cloth [prefer sweater type material]

4. Experiment Summary worksheet (See last page)

5. Balloons

Review/Assessment:Students will complete the experiment summary worksheet as a review of the experiment they conducted.I will also walk around the room and take anecdotal notes while students are doing the experiment to seewho is having trouble grasping key concepts.
http://www.school-for-champions.com/science/static.htmhttp://www.sciencemadesimple.com/static.htmlhttp://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/electricity.htmlhttp://www.sciencemadesimple.com/static.htmlhttp://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/electricity.htmlhttp://www.school-for-champions.com/science/static.htm


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Reflection:I anticipate this lesson will go very smoothly and that all of my instructional objectives will be met. I seeno reason for the instructional objectives to not be met as all students should be able to easily do thisexperiment, especially after I will have already modeled it for them. The only thing I may alter with thisless would be to add some other objects for students to test static electricity on (if time permits).


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Name______________________ Date_____________

Static Electricity Experiment

1. My rice krispies jumped very quickly quickly slow

2. I rubbed the balloon against my hair _______ times

3. My favorite thing about this experiment was_____

________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________

~Today I learned that static electricity is when there isan imbalance between negative and positive charges!~

-Draw an illustration below of what you saw in the experiment today.

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