Yesterday we had a good discussion in our classroom about Electricity! Benjamin Franklin was the first person to help people understand the principles of electricity. Thomas Edison changed the world with his invention of the electric light bulb! And how electricity has dramatically changed our life styles. When my students heard that before electricity became available about 100 years ago, homes were lit by kerosene lamps, food was cooled in ice boxes and that homes were warmed by wood- burning stoves or coal stoves and how people dug holes outside their homes and stored their meat and perishable food in them for the winter, they were in disbelief and said, "Oh my gosh." So we grabbed this opportunity and did a survey in the school. I divided the children into two groups. They went to the different classrooms, the office, the dining area and the kitchen to see what gadgets and appliances they could find. They were writing down on their clip-boards and came across more than 25 different electrical appliances! They were so thrilled to inform us that a stapler too, was an electrical one. They even wrote down defibrillator! Today with our buddy friends we were able to experiment with magnets. They found that magnets have a north and a south pole. Magnets repel each other. They attract only iron and steel.This is only the beginning!
We will be learning a lot more through videos. Yesterday we saw one on magnets. (Thanks to Mrs. Carpenter.) We will read many interesting books and do some more research and activities on electicity. We will go back on time and see how our forefathers lived. We might go to the Hands-On Museum and learn more about electricity. This weekend children will do some research at home, where they will discover the electrical gadgets and appliances that they use on a daily basis. We will learn about flash-lighta and batteries, who discovered them and how they got their name... and a lot more.... I will keep you posted.
For now, here are some pictures... enjoy.
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