Don't forget.....all students should have a science fair folder and a science fair notebook this week! Display boards will be ordered Tuesday 12/13.....if you want to order a science fair display board through school, please return the order form with payment to Mrs. Hoge. Order forms went home last week.
We have started learning about electricity and will be exploring different kinds of circuits through investigations. We'll also be exploring how to keep safe around electricity.
Students were introduced to electricity by learning about atoms. please talk to your child about what they are learning in class.
Monday ~ Vocabulary words include: electricity, atom, proton, neutron, nucleus, electron, and current. We'll be reading about how atoms are either positively charged, negatively charged or neutral. Students demonstrated static charges using balloons in class (and yes, we got a little loud, but it was so much fun!)
Tuesday ~ We'll be reading and discussing about currents and circuits. Vocabulary to know: conductor, insulator, series circuit, parallel circuit. Over the course of the next few days we'll be investigating an how to best build a simple series circuit. We'll also be designing parallel circuits.
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday ~ In class circuit investigations. Vocabulary quiz on Friday.
Monday and Tuesday, December 19th and 20th ~ We'll be learning about how to keep electricity safe in our homes. Vocabulary to know: circuit breaker, fuse, GFI.
