A basic explanation of what electricity and magnetism are, including details about how static electricity, current electricity, permanent magnets, magnetic fields and electromagnets work.
My 9-year-old son's first science unit this year is electricity. While it's usually a struggle to get him to tell me about his school day, the reports about what he's learning in science roll off his tongue easily. No nagging required. In summary, he's loving it. To take his school lessons further at home, I snagged an amazing book by Laurie Carlson. Thomas Edison for Kids: His Life and Ideas has everything from a timeline to detailed biographical info and my favorite - 21 activities. Making an electromagnet is one of them. Here's what we used and how we did it. 2-3 feet of ball wire (copper wire with a plastic insulated sheathing) Large nail Tape (optional) C or D battery small metal objects (paper clips, thumbtacks, etc.) Scissors (or a wire stripping tool) Wrap the wire around the nail making a coil, leaving four to six inches of wire extending from each end. Do your best to wrap it as tightly as you can. Trim about 1/2 inch of the plastic covering from each end of the wire. If you have a wire stripping tool, use it (we did) or score with a pair of scissors and using your fingernails pull the plastic coating from the wire. Now, if you've got tape handy, cut a long strip and use it to secure the battery to the table. Hold the nail wrapped wire and pinch the ends of the wire so they touch both metal ends of the battery. DON'T TOUCH THE EXPOSED WIRE; as electric current passes through it, these ends will become hot. Now take your small metal objects (we used safety pins) and see if the electricity in the battery has made the ends of the nail magnetic. What happens if the wire's connection with the battery is broken? Is the nail still a magnet? (Nope.) Electromagnets played a significant role in Thomas Edison's inventions. He used them to separate premium iron from low-grade unusable iron ore, that was collected from the New Jersey mines he owned. His discovery of the electromagnetic wave lead to the invention of the radio in the 1890s. Today, electromagnets are still at work in coin-operated vending machines! Want another great book to read? We liked National Geographic Kids Level 2 reader Thomas Edison by Barbara Kramer.
Teachers, learn about engineering in the elementary classroom with electricity activities to excite and engage your students!
Here is an interesting project for kids that explores both electricity and magnetism – build a simple electromagnetic train! This intriguing video has been making it’s way around Facebook… it’s a simple electric “train” made out of coiled copper wire and a train car comprised of a battery with magnets on both ends. It was […]
This differentiated foldable will serve as a great vocabulary introduction to your electricity and magnetism unit. It is a fun way to learn or review common electrical terms and will fit perfectly in interactive science notebooks. ************************************************************************ This resource may be used: ➜ with grades 3-5. ➜ with whole group, small groups or individual instruction. ************************************************************************ ✅ This resource is adapted to address different learning styles and was tested in my classroom (5th grade). ************************************************************************ Here are a few suggestions on how to use this resource: ✔ interactive science notebook ✔ homework ✔ mini-assessment ✔ review ✔ study guide ✔ science centers activities ✔ summer school ************************************************************************ What teachers have said about this resource: ❤️ Very creative, I think I have bought all of your units! Vicky C. ❤️ Very useful resource. The kids enjoyed referring to it for our electricity unit. Ashleigh F. ❤️ Love this!! Great way to reinforce vocab and differentiate. Margaret B. ❤️ This foldable was excellent. I printed both versions for my classes. Decyna R. ************************************************************************ What is included: ✔ Notes to the teacher (instructions with pictures + tips) ✔ Petal book/foldable with 6 definitions ( electrical circuit, conductors, insulators, open circuit, closed circuit, electromagnet) + 1 blank template ✔ A blank template for DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION ✔ Both color and black and ink saver versions are included. ✔ Copyright and Credits pages at the end of the product. ************************************************************************ Electrical terms included: ✔ an electrical circuit ✔ a conductor ✔ an insulator ✔ a closed circuit ✔ an open circuit ✔ an electromagnet ************************************************************************ ⭐ Please take the time to look at the preview to have an idea of what is included. This file is a .pdf. ************************************************************************ ✅Click here to follow me and be first to hear about resources, sales and updates! ************************************************************************ ❤️ You may also like ❤️ : Back-To-School resources EDITABLE calendars 2018-2019 {FREE UPDATES FOR LIFE} EDITABLE Meet the Teacher templates EDITABLE EMOJI Back-To-School PowerPoint EDITABLE Task cards Labels {Iris boxes} EDITABLE Light Box Designs Scientific Method Scientific Method foldable . Scientific Method-posters and mini-posters. Science safety rules-posters. Science safety rules-foldable. Cells Cell foldable. Cell flip book. ************************************************************************ ► If you like this product, please leave some feedback so I can get back to you :). You will also receive FREE credits towards your future purchases. ►You may blog about this activity but please link back to my store. ► Copyright © Satsumas and Bees. All rights reserved by author. Not for public display. For personal use only. This product is to be used by the original downloader only. Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). ************************************************************************
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Learn about electricity with this simple science project for kids – Use a battery, a magnet, and some copper wire to build your own electric motor that really spins! This post contains Amazon affiliate links. This is a project that I have been wanting to try for some time, so when it came up in our […]
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Make cornstarch goop jump with the power of static electricity! Kids will love this fun science demonstration! The middle two boys and I are learning about electricity right now, and I found this awesome static electricity demonstration on Steve Spangler Science. (A very handy website, by the way!) This static electricity demonstration is simple to do, and […]
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