This 5-activity series helps youth explore electricity and ways they can create and complete tasks with circuits.
- Earth Attractions—Build and test a compass to understand the Earth’s magnetic poles
- Bright Lights—Build a simple circuit to create your own flashlight
- Circuit Sense—Identify closed and opened circuits and think about where and how they might be used
- Control the Flow—Build and test a switch that can open and close, using a paper clip
- Fork in the Road—Identify parallel and series circuits and think about where and how they might be used
Audience: Youth in grade 4; can be adapted for older or younger youth
Time: about 30 minutes per lesson
