Curated and Reviewed by
Lesson Planet
This Conductors and Insulators lesson plan also includes:
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.
15 Views
8 Downloads
NGSS:
Adaptable
Concepts
Additional Tags
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