It's Electric!!!!

I am new to fourth grade this year and for some reason I was very nervous about the science unit on "Electricity."  It ended up being fun and the kids loved it.

I found a great unit on TPT that covered all my standards. (well worth the money)

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We read several trade books and used the chapters on electricity from Sciencesaurus (Great Science Text for Elementary Kids):

Watched several educational videos and clips:

Free Video Clips

http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/index.htm


Great video clips but need a membership for brain pop

Created a Thomas Edison Project: I read a few books about him.  I did a lesson on "determining importance" and had the kids pick out the most important facts about his life.

 We wrote an expository piece on "How to Make a Circuit" from unit above. (all materials are included)

Here are samples of their published writing:

Now to moving on to Animals...

"Mammals, Reptiles and Amphibians Oh MY!"