Lesson Plan and Powerpoint Presentation on Static Electricity
Ariel Brisman
4th Grade/Science
3/8/11
PURPOSE:
One of the major topics in the 4th grade science curriculum is electricity and magnetism and static electricity falls into this category. Because it deals with the students’ everyday lives, it is an important aspect of electricity for the students to understand.
OBJECTIVES:
1. Students will be able to define the key terms from the lesson including (atoms, nucleus, protons, neutrons, electrons, static electricity, attraction, and repulsion.)
2. Student’s will be able to recognize a simple diagram of an atom and identify its main parts.
3. Student’s will know the difference between a positive and negatively charged atom and what type of atoms they attract and what type they repel.
NEW YORK STATE LEARNING STANDARDS:
Subject: Science
Area: Physical Science Concepts
Grade: Grade Four
Goal: Observe, investigate, and describe light, heat, electrical, sound, chemical, and mechanical energy; how they are transferred; and what happens when objects interact with them, such as a piano producing sound.
Goal: Observe, investigate, and describe variables, such as shape, material, and mass, and how they may affect an object’s properties, such as the fact that a metal wire can conduct electricity.
Goal: Understand how different forms of energy and a variety of forces including friction and gravity affect the motion of objects, such as how an inclined plane’s surface impacts on the motion of a sliding block.
Area: Scientific Communication
Goal: Acquire information from observation, experimentation, print and non-print sources.
Goal: Use information gathered from experiments and other sources to explain observations and events, including actively listening for alternative interpretations and ideas.
Goal: Report orally and in writing using appropriate science vocabulary.
PRE-ASSESSMENT: In third grade student begin to cover types of energy and how they affect certain types of matter. Electricity is a type of energy that affects matter in a variety of ways so in fourth grade a unit on electricity and magnetism is very appropriate. During this lesson the students will learn further in depth about types of electrical energy and static energy being the basis for further lessons. Students will be able to understand that this type of energy affects matter and they will be able to distinguish in what ways.
LESSON PRESENTATION:
SET-INDUCTION:
On my power point I have two slides prepared full of pictures with people and animals with their hair standing on end due to static electricity. Students will definitely be curious why I am showing them these pictures and they might even begin to make guesses why. The pictures are also very humorous so the students should get a laugh or some entertainment from looking at them.
PROCEDURE:
The power point should guide most of the lesson. It will start by giving students background information that they will need to know to understand static electricity including definitions for atoms, nucleus, protons, neutrons, and electrons. Teacher will call on volunteers to read definitions every so often. Before going further the slide will present a few review questions. Teacher will call on volunteers to answer the questions and maybe add a follow up question, like “why do you say that” and ask other students to jump in. This will ensure the students are paying attention.
The power point will continue and teacher will go on to explain electrical charges. Again she will call on students every so often to read from the slides. Then when the question appears on the power point, the teacher will go to the board and draw four diagrams of atoms. She will put a different number of protons and electrons in each and as a class she will ask the students to name whether the atom has a positive, negative, or neutral charge.
The power point again will continue to explain attraction and repulsion and the teacher will call on students to read these definitions. Next static electricity will be defined and the power point will again address the people from the photos asking why their hair is standing on end. The teacher will give the students opportunities to take a guess and then she will show them the answer on the power point. Then she will explain how static electricity also explains why sometimes we get zapped when we touch certain objects.
This brings us to the activity. Teacher will either have student volunteers pass out materials or teacher will quickly pass them out. Each student should receive a plastic lid to a food container and a strip of white paper. Teacher will ask students to rip up paper in little pieces and lay the pieces flat out on the table so that none are overlapping. Then teacher will ask students to place plastic lid over the pieces and observe what happens. Nothing happens. Then teacher will ask students to rub the container against their hair for a minute. Students that don’t want to rub it on their hair can either have a neighbor do it or use a wool cloth if available. Then teacher will ask them to place the lids on top of the paper again. This time some of the paper will be attracted to the lid and become stuck to it or jump from the lid back to the table and than back to the lid over and over again. Teacher will have students observe and play with this for about a minute or two. Finally the teacher will ask them to stop and call their attention up front again.
CLOSURE:
The power point will provide students with four questions they must answer individually in their notebook and then they will quickly go over them together as a class. The teacher will ask for volunteers to answer and then show the correct answer up on the projector.
MATERIALS AND RESOURCES NEEDED:
-Power point on static electricity
-Whiteboard or chalkboard to draw diagrams on
-Markers or chalk depending on available board for diagrams
-20 plastic lid containers
-30 strips of white paper
FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITY OR ASSIGNMENT:
With real fourth grade students the teacher would assign a homework that would reinforce the ideas of static electricity and ask the students to ask for simple examples from their home. For the presentation of this lesson to my peers I will simply ask them to think about simple examples they find at home and tell them we will share them tomorrow in class.
EVALUATION/ASSESSMENT:
The homework assignment will follow each objective. It will ask them to define certain key terms, draw a diagram of an atom, and recognize the charge of a pair of atoms and determine whether they will attract or repel one another. Eventually students will have a unit test and questions on static electricity will be on the exam. This will indicate whether the students retained the information covered or not.
ACCOMODATIONS FOR LEARNING STYLES:
I think by using a power point, but reading the slides aloud and having the students read them from time to time benefits the visual, audio, and social learning. This presentation is not simply a lecture but more of a class discussion. The teacher incorporates students periodically by asking them to read or answer questions. In addition the hands-on learners will benefit by being able to demonstrate static electricity through the activity.
4th Grade/Science
3/8/11
PURPOSE:
One of the major topics in the 4th grade science curriculum is electricity and magnetism and static electricity falls into this category. Because it deals with the students’ everyday lives, it is an important aspect of electricity for the students to understand.
OBJECTIVES:
1. Students will be able to define the key terms from the lesson including (atoms, nucleus, protons, neutrons, electrons, static electricity, attraction, and repulsion.)
2. Student’s will be able to recognize a simple diagram of an atom and identify its main parts.
3. Student’s will know the difference between a positive and negatively charged atom and what type of atoms they attract and what type they repel.
NEW YORK STATE LEARNING STANDARDS:
Subject: Science
Area: Physical Science Concepts
Grade: Grade Four
Goal: Observe, investigate, and describe light, heat, electrical, sound, chemical, and mechanical energy; how they are transferred; and what happens when objects interact with them, such as a piano producing sound.
Goal: Observe, investigate, and describe variables, such as shape, material, and mass, and how they may affect an object’s properties, such as the fact that a metal wire can conduct electricity.
Goal: Understand how different forms of energy and a variety of forces including friction and gravity affect the motion of objects, such as how an inclined plane’s surface impacts on the motion of a sliding block.
Area: Scientific Communication
Goal: Acquire information from observation, experimentation, print and non-print sources.
Goal: Use information gathered from experiments and other sources to explain observations and events, including actively listening for alternative interpretations and ideas.
Goal: Report orally and in writing using appropriate science vocabulary.
PRE-ASSESSMENT: In third grade student begin to cover types of energy and how they affect certain types of matter. Electricity is a type of energy that affects matter in a variety of ways so in fourth grade a unit on electricity and magnetism is very appropriate. During this lesson the students will learn further in depth about types of electrical energy and static energy being the basis for further lessons. Students will be able to understand that this type of energy affects matter and they will be able to distinguish in what ways.
LESSON PRESENTATION:
SET-INDUCTION:
On my power point I have two slides prepared full of pictures with people and animals with their hair standing on end due to static electricity. Students will definitely be curious why I am showing them these pictures and they might even begin to make guesses why. The pictures are also very humorous so the students should get a laugh or some entertainment from looking at them.
PROCEDURE:
The power point should guide most of the lesson. It will start by giving students background information that they will need to know to understand static electricity including definitions for atoms, nucleus, protons, neutrons, and electrons. Teacher will call on volunteers to read definitions every so often. Before going further the slide will present a few review questions. Teacher will call on volunteers to answer the questions and maybe add a follow up question, like “why do you say that” and ask other students to jump in. This will ensure the students are paying attention.
The power point will continue and teacher will go on to explain electrical charges. Again she will call on students every so often to read from the slides. Then when the question appears on the power point, the teacher will go to the board and draw four diagrams of atoms. She will put a different number of protons and electrons in each and as a class she will ask the students to name whether the atom has a positive, negative, or neutral charge.
The power point again will continue to explain attraction and repulsion and the teacher will call on students to read these definitions. Next static electricity will be defined and the power point will again address the people from the photos asking why their hair is standing on end. The teacher will give the students opportunities to take a guess and then she will show them the answer on the power point. Then she will explain how static electricity also explains why sometimes we get zapped when we touch certain objects.
This brings us to the activity. Teacher will either have student volunteers pass out materials or teacher will quickly pass them out. Each student should receive a plastic lid to a food container and a strip of white paper. Teacher will ask students to rip up paper in little pieces and lay the pieces flat out on the table so that none are overlapping. Then teacher will ask students to place plastic lid over the pieces and observe what happens. Nothing happens. Then teacher will ask students to rub the container against their hair for a minute. Students that don’t want to rub it on their hair can either have a neighbor do it or use a wool cloth if available. Then teacher will ask them to place the lids on top of the paper again. This time some of the paper will be attracted to the lid and become stuck to it or jump from the lid back to the table and than back to the lid over and over again. Teacher will have students observe and play with this for about a minute or two. Finally the teacher will ask them to stop and call their attention up front again.
CLOSURE:
The power point will provide students with four questions they must answer individually in their notebook and then they will quickly go over them together as a class. The teacher will ask for volunteers to answer and then show the correct answer up on the projector.
MATERIALS AND RESOURCES NEEDED:
-Power point on static electricity
-Whiteboard or chalkboard to draw diagrams on
-Markers or chalk depending on available board for diagrams
-20 plastic lid containers
-30 strips of white paper
FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITY OR ASSIGNMENT:
With real fourth grade students the teacher would assign a homework that would reinforce the ideas of static electricity and ask the students to ask for simple examples from their home. For the presentation of this lesson to my peers I will simply ask them to think about simple examples they find at home and tell them we will share them tomorrow in class.
EVALUATION/ASSESSMENT:
The homework assignment will follow each objective. It will ask them to define certain key terms, draw a diagram of an atom, and recognize the charge of a pair of atoms and determine whether they will attract or repel one another. Eventually students will have a unit test and questions on static electricity will be on the exam. This will indicate whether the students retained the information covered or not.
ACCOMODATIONS FOR LEARNING STYLES:
I think by using a power point, but reading the slides aloud and having the students read them from time to time benefits the visual, audio, and social learning. This presentation is not simply a lecture but more of a class discussion. The teacher incorporates students periodically by asking them to read or answer questions. In addition the hands-on learners will benefit by being able to demonstrate static electricity through the activity.
Powerpoint Presentation
static_electricity_lesson.ppt | |
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This file will lead you to the powerpoint on static electricity that goes along with the lesson above. The lesson is meant to be guided by the powerpoint. This presentation could also be modified to be used on a Smart Board with the appropriate application.