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Gold Seal Lesson:
Rudolph's
Glowing?
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Copernicus
Education Gateway
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Subject:
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Science
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Grade:
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K-4
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ICLE Standards:
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Students will apply technological knowledge and
skills to design, construct, use, and evaluate products and systems to
satisfy human and environmental needs.
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Performance Task:
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December is a month of celebrations around the
world. It is a time of love, cooperation, and togetherness. Many people
celebrate by using lights. To bring these themes together, use a simple
electricity unit.
Using a battery and small insulated pieces of wire (one for each member in
the class) and a light bulb, the class makes a simple circuit. Everyone
holds a piece of wire and comes together in a small circle connecting all
the components. This project reinforces the concept of togetherness and cooperation
to make things work, just as an electrical system depends on many pieces to
work properly.
Discuss some simple principles of electricity. Give the students a paper
plate, which they can color brown. Have them make some antlers, and give
the plate eyes and a mouth. Have
students make a little hole for the nose (a tiny red bulb) and glue the
bulb in place. Give each student a
large tongue depressor, which becomes a handle to hold the reindeer's
face. Attach a 9-volt battery to
the tongue depressor with packaging tape.
Give each student two wires, and ask them to experiment with the
wires to see if they can light the nose.
In a short time the room will be glowing!
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Knowledge / Skills:
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Plan and apply real or hypothetical models and
constructions to facilitate investigation and learning and the solution to
practical problems. (s115)
Understand electric current (i.e., the flow of
electric charge) and apply it to conductivity, amperage, resistance, and
circuits in parallel and series.
(s29)
Participate, sometimes leading, in group
meetings by contributing, taking turns speaking, and working toward a
common goal. (ela20)
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Rubric:
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4 = High
quality performance/presentation
3 = Good application of new knowledge and/or
skills
2 = Application of new knowledge and/or skills is appropriate and
technically correct
1 = Application of new knowledge and/or skills is
minimally acceptable
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can work cooperatively in a group
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B Student can construct a simple circuit given bulb, wire, and battery
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C Student is able to successfully complete the working
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D Student can verbally express one similarity and difference in the celebration
of holidays around the world
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Keywords:
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PHYSICS
ELECTRICITY
TEAM WORK
MODELS AND CONSTRUCTION
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Grades:
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Kg [X] - 1 [X] - 2 [X] - 3 [X] - 4 [X] - 5 [] - 6 [] - 7 [] - 8 [] - 9 [] - 10 [] - 11 [] - 12 []
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ICLE Application:
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Center for Leadership in Education
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