Unit 5
Essential Question:
How do we analyze the forces that affect our everyday forces?
*Electricity requires a closed loop in order to produce measurable effects.
*Some materials conduct electricity while others do not.
*When using magnets opposite poles attract and like poles repel.
*Forces can act on objects without touching them.
The forces of electricity are applied to our everyday lives.
Observe and describe how to produce static charges by creating friction between two surfaces. (5.C.1.a, b)
Identify the source of electricity needed to produce various effects by categorizing items that use electricity. (5.C.2.a)
Provide evidence from observations and investigations that electrical circuits require a complete loop by creating closed circuits. (5.C.2.b, e)
Test a variety of ways to make a buzzer sounds and analyze the paths that worked and those that did not. (5.C.2.c)
Electric Backpack
Real World Reading: Read about a new type of backpack that generates electricity as you walk.
Focus Question: How can human activities be a source of electricity?
DI/UDL Option: After exploring the information, students may complete Countdown Processing (Word Document) about what they learned.
---NEXT: Watch this video
about a Canadian invention
that uses kinetic energy to provide electricity charges for the military.
Compare and Contrast the two inventions. How are they similar? What impact
would they have on the world? Use Pixie, Inspiration, or
Office365/OneDrive or Google Drive to respond. Charged
Cars that Would ChargeReal World Reading: Read about how electric vehicles that could give power to the grid.
Focus Question: How is the car described in this article evidence that electricity is part of a closed loop?
DI/UDL: The text can be chunked into smaller sections and a Jigsaw Activity can be used.
Get
inspired by a
15
Year Old Girl Builds Small, Cheap Power Source for her PenPal Ruth!*Log into NewsELA first!
Extension: Life
Science -
Electricity in Eels*Log into NewsELA first!
You will participate in an i
Magic
School Bus Circuits (02:07)Ms. Frizzle takes her string of lights and connects one end of the wire to her doorbell motor and the other end to the switch, making a circuit.
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Electricity Quiz
Students will read about electricity and then take a self correcting quiz to check your knowledge about what you read.
Changing Circuits
Students will create circuits using a variety of material using the BBC interactive website.
Insulators and Conductors
Students will build open and close circuits using a variety of materials on BBC virtual interactive website.
Engineering Interact
Students will go undercover in a game that challenges you to save a city from darkness.
Static Electricity
Students will read to find out more information and view illustrations that explain static electricity. *Pair this article with the video below on Electricity.
ElectricityLearn about electricity, protons, electrons, atoms, and static electricity - then test yourself after watching the video!
Build a circuit and then determine which materials are insulators or conductors here.
Build Electric Circuits
Balloons
and Static Electricity Interactive-------Explore Static Charge here.
------Explore the physics classroom by engaging in a variety of activities around Static Electricity.
Designing
Electric Circuits - A Door AlarmFriction
Interactive gameThe forces of magnetism are applied to our everyday lives.
Design a plan to move a toy car around a track without touching it by using magnets (5.C.3.a)
Make predictions and test the effect of a magnet on a variety of objects (5.C.3.b)
Compare a compass to a magnet based on observations of the effect a variety of objects (metallic or nonmetallic; those made with iron or other metals; and magnets) have on a compass. (5.C.3.c)
Provide examples to demonstrate the different ways a magnet acts on objects and how the objects respond. (5.C.3.d)
Investigate and describe how electricity in a wire affects the needle of a compass (5.C.3.e, f, g)
Students will conduct virtual tests with different magnets and materials with BBC interactive.
Interactive Bar Magnet and Compass
Students will test the effects of a magnet on a compass by using this interactive bar magnet and compass.
Magnetism Quiz
Students will read a short article about magnetism, and then check for understanding by selecting Magnetism Quiz.
Students will read a short article about magnetism, and then check for understanding by selecting Magnetism Quiz.
Introduction
to Magnets Many children are fascinated by magnets and what they can do. This program explains that magnets are made of steel and iron. It also describes how magnets attract through other things such as paper, wood, etc. This segment explains that magnets have poles, and that two poles that are alike repel each other and that two poles that are not alike attract each other.
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The
ABCs of Magnets (5:52)Magnets are everywhere! Some occur naturally in lodestone. Some magnets are permanent magnets, like what we use today. This video discusses these topics along with the discovery of magnetism, magnetic poles and attraction, visualizing magnetic fields using iron filings, and the earth’s magnetic field.
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MagnetsLearn more about the magnetic field, magnetic poles, and magnets in this slideshow, then test yourself!
Explore
Magnetic Fields surround a simple bar magnet. Extension Reading
Connection:
Sea
Turtles Find Their Spot on the Beach (log into NewsELA.org first! &
click on 680L). Complete the activity to monitor your comprehension as you
go. Share with your teacher as directed using OneDrive/Office 365 or
Google Drive. Word
Google Doc
Read through the
major science concepts on
gravity, magnetism, electricity and how they're related. Science
activities at the end!Conduct an investigation to describe and compare materials that readily conduct electricity and those that do nto conduct electricity. (5.C.2.d)
Students will build open and close circuits using a variety of materials on BBC virtual interactive website.
Build
a Circuit through this interactive site. This will not work on
the Chromebooks. Interactive Websites to
learn more about
Electricity, Circuits, and Magnets.
This will not work on Chromebooks.
Project:
Pinball Challenge!
Driving
Question:
How can we design a game that provides evidence that electricity
requires a closed loop in order to produce observable effects?
PBS
Kids
(Printable)Students will explore circuits by designing a pinball-style game that uses motors, balls, and buzzers.
