Science Benchmark: Electricity is a form of energy. Current electricity can be generated and transmitted through pathways. Some materials are capable of carrying electricity more effectively than other materials. Static electricity is a result of objects being electrically charged. Without touching them, materials that are electrically charged may either push or pull other charged materials.
WEEK OF April 15-19
MONDAY- 
ELECTRICITY:
  • There is a mysterious force at work in hour home! This mysterious force is found nearly everywhere. To identify the mysterious force, you must first find out exactly what it does. 
  • ACTIVITY- Blow up a balloon and tie it off-rub it agains shirt or hair and place next to a wall. What happened? Hold a comb on a few tiny pieces of paper. Lift the comb. Now rub the comb with a piece of cloth or fur. Hold the comb on a few tiny pieces of paper again. What happened?
  • WHAT IS THIS MYSTERIOUS FORCE?
  • What if electricity did not exist? How would your life be different?
  • What is Electricity- It is the result of electrical charges. Atoms with opposite charges attract each other. Atoms with like charges repel each other. Electricity is the effect caused by the presence or movement of charged particles.
  • Static Electricity- the build up of electrical charges on an object. Why is it called static electricity? This build up of charges has no where to move, so it's stationary or STATIC, compared to current electricity which is described as electrons in motion. Static electricity can be discharged though. When you touched someone and got a "spark" it was the discharge of the built up charges. This is also what causes lightning.
  • Static Electricity Flip-Flap foldable (balloon activity)
  • Read Static Electricity passage and fill out foldable with vocab Atom, Electron, Proton, Neutron, and Static Electricity.

TUESDAY-
  •  ELA RISE TEST

WEDNESDAY- ​
ELECTRICITY:
  • Static Electricity Stations-Romeo and Juliet, Balloon Games, Snake Charmer, Puffed Cereal (discuss rubbing feet on a carpet or rug).
  • Static Electricity Reactions- How does static electricity affect our lives?
  • Static Electricity Activities- Students will rub the static electricity tube with different materials and record what happens (felt, sock, tinfoil, cotton, hand, floor). Students will answer questions.
  • HORSE RACES!!!!:)
  • Making Electroscopes

THURSDAY- 
  • Review Static Electricity
  • Lightning- a giant spark that happens when electricity passes through the air.

​FRIDAY-​ ​​​​​
ELECTRICITY:
  • Static Electricity QUIZ
  • Introduction to CURRENT ELECTRICITY-is when electrons MOVE from one place to another.
  • Uses of current electricity in everyday life
  • Flowing Electrons Game
  • Current Electricity Passage, Questions, and Foldable
  • Circuit Passage, Questions
  • Draw CLOSED CIRCUIT & OPEN CIRCUIT in Science Notebooks
Grade 5 Science Text Book
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Standard 4 Students will understand features of static and current electricity. 
Objective 1
Describe the behavior of static electricity as observed in nature and everyday occurrences.
Objective 2
Analyze the behavior of current electricity
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