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This
unit is ©Copyright 2007
by Cindy Downes. All rights reserved. Permission
is given to homeschooling parents to use these units free
of charge in their own homeschool only. These units may
not be reprinted in any other form, for any other purpose
(commercial or otherwise) without permission from Cindy
Downes. Contact her at contact@oklahomahomeschool.com.
This
unit is recommended for K-6th grade and can be taught in
six weeks, doing two lessons a week. Check the Forms page
to download the free "Electricity Thematic Paper."
Lesson
1:
Electro
Wiz: Making a Loop, pg. 1-5
Biography
of Thomas Edison, TCM, pg. 9.
Reading
Recommendation: Thomas
Edison, Young Inventor .
Great
Discoveries in Electricity, use as timeline, TCM, pg.
55-59
Research,
TCM, pg. 15, Edison
Report:
What is the most interesting thing you learned about
Thomas Edison?
Online
Activities - Electricity
Timeline, Electric
Avenue and Learn
About Electricity.
Lesson
2:
Electro Wiz, Motor Mania, pg. 6-8
Choose
a Daily Writing Topic, Inventors, TCM, pg 28-29
A
Day Without Electricity, TCM, pg. 67
Read
about Careers in Electricity, TCM, pg. 64
Report:
Interview an electrician. Give an oral or written report
on an electrician. Include information about
his or her training and career information, as well as
details about a typical day in the life of an electrician.
Online
Activities: Electrical
Safety World, Electric
Coloring Fun, and Smarty
Electric Online Color Book.
Lesson 3:
 Electro
Wiz, Batteries & Buzzers, pg. 9-15
Biography
Michael Faraday, TCM, pg. 11
Reading
recommendation: Michael
Faraday, Spiritual Dynamo by
Derick Bingham
Daily
Writing Topic, Inventors, TCM,
pg 28-29
Research,
TCM, pg.
15, Faraday
Homemade
Batteries, TCM, pg. 50
Be
a meter Reader, TCM, pg. 39
Electricity
Facts, TCM, pg. 38
Report: Give
an oral or written report on how a battery works.
Online
Activities: AD/DC-What's
the Difference? and Homemade
Batteries.
Lesson 4:
 Electro Wiz, Making a Switch, pg. 16-17
Biography
of Alexander Bell, Reading Recommendation: Alexander
Graham Bell (History Maker Bios)
Daily
Writing Topic, Inventors, TCM, pg 28-29
What’s
the Charge? TCM, pg. 40
Home
Sweet Home, TCM, pg. 63
Research,
TCM, pg. 15, Alexander Bell
Report:
Give an oral or written report about Alexander Graham
Bell.
Online
Activities: Welcome
to the World of Electronics for Children and Circuits and
Simple
Circuits Quiz.
Lesson 5:
Electro
Wiz, Sending Messages, pg. 18-19
Biography
Samuel Morse, Reading Suggestion: Samuel Morse and the Telegraph.
Get
the Message, TCM, pg. 37
Daily
Writing Topic, Inventors, TCM, pg. 28-29
Research,
TCM, pg. 15, Samuel Morse
Report:
Give an oral or written report about Samuel Morse.
Online
Activities: Electricity
Vocabulary.
Lesson 6:
 Electro
Wiz, Test It (conductors), pg. 20-23
Material
conductors, TCM, pg. 48
Biography
of Lewis Latimer, Reading Suggestion: Black Pioneers of Science and Invention .
Daily
Writing Topic, Inventors, TCM, pg. 28-29
Read “Thinking Like a Scientist” TCM,
pg. 45, scientific method
Begin
student book, pg. TCM, 30-34
Research,
TCM, pg. 15, Latimer
Report:
Give an oral or written report about Lewis Latimer.
Online
Activities: Circuits
and Conductors, Which
are Conductors?, Who
Can Resist? and Silicon
Spies Game.
Lesson 7:
Electro Wiz, Review, pg. 24-29
Steady
as it goes, TCM, pg. 72
Daily
Writing Topic, Electricity, TCM, pg. 28-29
Bar
Graph, Electricity, TCM, pg. 19-10
How
Many Ampheres?, TCM, pg. 41
Energy
Facts, TCM, pg. 21
Evolution
of Light sources, TCM, pg. 53
Report:
Create a graph showing your family's meter reading and
the cost of electricity for 3 months or longer.
Online
Activities: Reading
an Electric Meter and What
does it cost?
Lesson 8
Daily
Writing Topic, Electricity, TCM, pg. 28-29
All
Steamed Up!, TCM, pg. 23
Build
a turbine, TCM, pg. 69-71
Make
candles, TCM, pg. 65
Report:
Give an oral or written report on the different ways
electricity can be generated.
Online
Activities: Circuit
World, How
the Van de Graaff Generator Works.
Lesson 9:
 Get
a Charge Out of it, TCM, pg. 25-26
Make
a student book, TCM, pg. 30-34
Read
about the electric eel and give an oral or written report
on your findings.
Report: Tell
how electricity is used in each of these areas: your
home, transportation, communication, medicine, space
travel, and commerce.
Online
Activities: Electricity
Webquest, Electric
Fleas (K-4th+) and Electric
Eel Coloring Page.
Lesson
10:
Daily
Writing Topic, Electricity, TCM, pg. 28-29
Overload,
TCM, pg. 42
Electrician’s
Math, TCM, pg 43
Electricity
Match Up, TCM, pg. 24
Report: Create
a poster illustrating the major electrical symbols
and what they mean. ????????
Online
Activities: Tell
Me More About Electricity and Electricity
& Magnetism Virtual Lab.
Lesson 11:
 Locate
power plants, TCM, pg. 60-61
(Opt)
Water and Electricity, TCM, pg. 52
Compare
energy sources, TCM, pg. 27
Art
Project, Energy Montage, TCM, pg. 62
Take
a field trip to a power plant.
Report:
Give an oral or written report on what you learned about
power plants.
Online
Activities: Make
Your Own Electronic Quiz Game (4-6th+) and Make
Solar Cookers.
Lesson 12 (Review)
Crossword
Puzzle, TCM, pg. 36
Online
Activities: Electricity
in our Lives (Quiz), Simple
Electric Motor (5-6th+) and Electricity
Crossword, Battle
Star Circuits Quiz, Electricity
Quiz, and Electricity
Final quiz.
Copyright © 2007
by Cindy Downes, All rights reserved.
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