Electricity

This unit is charged with interesting content and activities! Students will investigate electricity, magnetism, and their relationship. When they are done learning, students will have accomplished these specific tasks:

Static Electricity What makes a circuit

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 * investigate [|static electricity]
 * determine the necessary components for completing an electric circuit
 * investigate common materials to determine if they are insulators or conductors of electricity
 * compare a bar magnet to an electromagnet
 * [|Pretest] **

[|Quiz]  **Current Electricity (4.2 and 4.3)** [|Check Up]   =<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #283769; font-family: &#39;Lucida Grande&#39;,&#39;Lucida Sans Unicode&#39;,Arial,sans-serif;">[|Electromagnets Quiz] = <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #283769; display: block; font-family: "Lucida Grande","Lucida Sans Unicode",Arial,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #283769; display: block; font-family: &#39;Lucida Grande&#39;,&#39;Lucida Sans Unicode&#39;,Arial,sans-serif;">**<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 21px;">Cool sites to explore ** [|Museum of Science (Boston)] [|Energy Quest -- -- CA Energy Commission] [|Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago)] [|National Air and Space Museum (Washington, DC)] __ [|US Dept. of Energy Kids Zone] __
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 21px; line-height: 1.5;">Static Electricity (4.1) **