Essential Question

How can we
create an
electrical closed
circuit to
identify
conductors and
insulators?
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WILL IT LIGHT?
“If you were given a battery, two
wires and a light bulb, would you
be able to make the light bulb
light up?” THINK & JOT

SHARE YOUR THINKING

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https://www.generationgenius.com/videolessons/electricity-and-circuits-vide
o-for-kids/

View the first 5 minutes

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 Turn & Talk
What information did you gather
from the video?
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Circuits: c/O
 EXPLORE!!!
With these materials, you and your
partner will attempt to LIGHT IT UP!

With each attempt you make,

please illustrate it in the correct
column, if your light bulb didn’t
light, then you have an open circuit,
if it does light you have created a
closed circuit.

*Each group has different materials!

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 “Will the light bulb still
light if a new material is
used?”
Observe your materials, Could you sort
them into two categories? What will the
name of those categories be called?
TURN AND TALK
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Now that you have successfully created a closed circuit, you will
test your predictions. Connect your material to your
conductivity tester.

If the light bulb does not light up it is an insulator.

If the light bulb does light up it is an conductor.

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 Electricity
flows through Insulators are
conductors but used to protect
does not flow objects from
through the flow of
electricity.
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insulators.
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what criteria did you use to determine what makes a conductor?

What energy transformations were created from your closed

circuit?

What do you notice about how the connection in a circuit looks

like when it works?
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Where do you see these similar circuits in everyday life?

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What materials were conductors, what materials were

“What was the source of energy in your circuit?” not conductors? What is your reasoning? What do
your conductors have in common?

ESSENTIAL QUESTION
Can you successfully
describe the correct format How can we create an electrical closed circuit
to light a bulb? to identify conductors and insulators?
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Show what you

know
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