Get that energy flowing while classes study conductors and insulators. Using a simple circuit, learners test different materials to determine the strength of conductivity. They use their results to classify materials as conductors or insulators.

Concepts

conductors, insulators, electricity, circuits

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Assess understanding by having individuals sort a set of materials into conductors and insulators
• Have learners create lists of materials they find at home that are good conductors and good insulators

Classroom Considerations

• Allow time to collect and prepare necessary materials
• The lesson is the seventh in a 14-part magnetism and electricity unit
  

Pros

• Provides sentence frames to facilitate questioning and assessment
• Uses colored pencils to record results to help with understanding

Cons

• None