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  • Fernley High School
  • Fernley, NV
  • More than half of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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The requested materials and supplies will help my students in our upcoming Energy Basics laboratory experiments. Students will deepen their understanding of electricity and electrical generation. Students will use wires, D-cell batteries, battery holders, meters, light bulbs, and switches to make simple circuits, series and parallel circuits. Students will construct simple circuits to demonstrate evidence of the flow of electricity through a light bulb and identify the essential components of an electric circuit. Students will explore the concept of open and closed circuits by making simple circuits with the above materials. Students will construct series and parallel circuits to explore ways to operate more than one component at a time in a circuit and demonstrate evidence of the flow of electricity through a light bulb. This lesson challenges students to make slightly more complicated circuits that can light multiple bulbs to the same brightness while using only one D-cell. In the Electrical Generation activity, students will learn how energy is generated. Students will make what is called "shake-lights" using magnets, test tubes, copper wire, and an LED light-bulb. They will utilize their knowledge of electromagnetic induction and demonstrate the relationship between electric current and magnetic forces and provide evidence of the flow of electricity. Students will meet the Next Generation Science Standards for these activities. They will investigate and use engineering to problem solve.

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The requested materials and supplies will help my students in our upcoming Energy Basics laboratory experiments. Students will deepen their understanding of electricity and electrical generation. Students will use wires, D-cell batteries, battery holders, meters, light bulbs, and switches to make simple circuits, series and parallel circuits. Students will construct simple circuits to demonstrate evidence of the flow of electricity through a light bulb and identify the essential components of an electric circuit. Students will explore the concept of open and closed circuits by making simple circuits with the above materials. Students will construct series and parallel circuits to explore ways to operate more than one component at a time in a circuit and demonstrate evidence of the flow of electricity through a light bulb. This lesson challenges students to make slightly more complicated circuits that can light multiple bulbs to the same brightness while using only one D-cell. In the Electrical Generation activity, students will learn how energy is generated. Students will make what is called "shake-lights" using magnets, test tubes, copper wire, and an LED light-bulb. They will utilize their knowledge of electromagnetic induction and demonstrate the relationship between electric current and magnetic forces and provide evidence of the flow of electricity. Students will meet the Next Generation Science Standards for these activities. They will investigate and use engineering to problem solve.

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