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Flick a Switch How Electricity Gets to Your Home A cyberlesson by Sarah Edwards

Flick a Switch How Electricity Gets to Your Home A cyberlesson by Sarah Edwards. By Barbara Seuling Illustrated By Nancy Tobin. Introduction. You will use the text, Flick a Switch , and four websites to learn about how electricity came to be.

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Flick a Switch How Electricity Gets to Your Home A cyberlesson by Sarah Edwards

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  1. Flick a SwitchHow Electricity Gets to Your HomeA cyberlesson by Sarah Edwards By Barbara Seuling Illustrated By Nancy Tobin

  2. Introduction • You will use the text, Flick a Switch, and four websites to learn about how electricity came to be. • You will also learn about electrical safety and how electricity is used on a daily basis in our everyday lives.

  3. Materials • Flick a Switch, How Electricity Gets To Your Home, by Barbara Seuling and illustrated by Nancy Tobin. • Electrical Science Journal • Laptop computer • http://www.clarkpublicutilities.com/yourhome/safety/safetyOutdoors • http://www.clarkpublicutilities.com/yourhome/safety/safetyIndoors • http://www.cl-p.com/electricsafetyworld/index.html? • http://www.cl-p.com/Home/Safety/SafetyVideos.aspx • http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=10854 • http://www.builditsolar.com/Projects/Wind/wind.htm

  4. K • What do you know about electricity?

  5. Before You Read… • Look through the pages and notice the text features of a non-fiction book. • Look at the versa page, how is it organized? • Make a prediction about the book • (Write these answers in your ESJournal)

  6. Before You Read… • Visit the following website on safety. • http://www.clarkpublicutilities.com/yourhome/safety/safetyOutdoors • http://www.clarkpublicutilities.com/yourhome/safety/safetyIndoors • Use the graphic organizer on the next page to make a list of ways to be safe around electricity.

  7. INSIDE _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ OUTSIDE _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ Electrical Safety

  8. W • What do you want to know about electricity?

  9. During Reading… • Read page one, it has all the questions on it. • Answer the questions in your electricity science journal.

  10. Make a timeline of the history of electricity. • Include five facts. • Draw pictures with each fact for extra credit in your journal.

  11. Take a long look at pgs. 14-15 • Pretend that you have invited Mrs. Frizzle and her famous kids to take a trip along these power lines. • Write a letter in your ESJ to Mrs. Frizzle telling her about each of the stops.

  12. Read pages 16-19 • In your journal write what you learned.

  13. Finish the book… • Which experiments would you like to try and why?

  14. Choose three questions to answer in your electrical science journal. Use the book to help you. • What kinds Of Electricity are there? • Why is the dog not so sure that Benjamin Franklin was smart? (Use the text to support your answer in the ESJ) • How do you make an electromagnet? • How do we use batteries, can you think of ten things that we use batteries for? • Write down five important facts. • Can you think of a place or an activity that does not need or use electricity? • List three things.

  15. Check out More Safety Sites…. • http://www.cl-p.com/electricsafetyworld/index.html? • http://www.cl-p.com/Home/Safety/SafetyVideos.aspx • Use these sites to learn more about electrical safety.

  16. After the Book… • There are places in the world that do not have electricity. • One town is getting it next week, but they do not know anything about electrical safety. • Create a poster about safety.

  17. Beyond the Book • http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=10854 • http://www.builditsolar.com/Projects/Wind/wind.htm • Which energy option produces “greener” electricity? In your ESJ write a pro/con paper using each website for information.

  18. Flick a Switch Rubric

  19. Credits and References • Flick a Switch, How Electricity Gets To Your Home, by Barbara Seuling and illustrated by Nancy Tobin. Clark Public Utilities • http://www.clarkpublicutilities.com/yourhome/safety/safetyOutdoors • http://www.clarkpublicutilities.com/yourhome/safety/safetyIndoors Connecticut Light and Power • http://www.cl-p.com/electricsafetyworld/index.html? • http://www.cl-p.com/Home/Safety/SafetyVideos.aspx Scholastic.com • http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=10854 Build it Solar • http://www.builditsolar.com/Projects/Wind/wind.htm

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