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Electricity Web Quest |
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Introduction
You are the CEO of Epcor, the electricity provider in
your city. You have been invited to
speak to a grade 5 class about some important areas of Electricity. Keeping
in mind that the students are in grade 5, you know that your presentation must
be interesting and entertaining.
Task
You have decided to create a Power point presentation to help
keep the students’ attention. You have
decided to include colourful backgrounds, animations and pictures to make
it more interesting. The presentation must only be 15 minutes so you have
decided to only cover the following components of electricity to give them
an overall understanding of electricity:
What is electricity?
How is electricity formed?
How does electricity get to your house?
Locating and reading the metre
Potential Dangers
Conserving Electricity
Process
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Exploring Electricity
Use the student
worksheet to help record the information.
Remember, if you use terms that you think the students won’t understand
review the definitions
so that you will be able to explain them.
Task 1
You will need to zap through the following sites and
find out the following information for the first slide: Define what electricity
is and how it was discovered.
Task 2
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Did you ever wonder how we get the
energy to play the radio or turn on a lamp?
Find out 3 types of electricity and how it gets to your home or
school. Don’t forget to include a
picture!!
Task 3
The amount of electricity used at your
home or school is tracked on a meter. You will be asking students to find out how
much electricity is being used at
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home
and school for 5 days. They must ask their
custodian to show the school’s meter. The number will be recorded on Monday
morning, then again at the end of the day on Friday. The same will be done at home (make sure you
use the correct term for how electricity is measured). The numbers will be compared and then you will
ask them to proceed to the next task to see how someone can cut down these
numbers.
Task 4
The cost of electricity is on the rise.
How can students help conserve electricity at home
and at school. List 5 ways for each.
Task 5
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Have
you ever been told not to stick a fork in the outlet? Or not to put a radio near water? You must inform the students of the safety around
the home and their environment so they can teach others. Read the following
information about Safety.
Print the home safety checklist and complete
it at your home. You will need to make
the students aware of potential
dangers that they might encounter at home or at school.
List 5 potential dangers and common safety practices to avoid them.
Task 6
After doing the home safety checklist
and looking at the potential dangers of electricity you will list 3 ways to
safe proof your home against electrical dangers.
Allow the student to play Make
the Safe Choice game to test your knowledge when they have finished with
the presentation.
Presentation
Presenting to the whole class can make you
nervous. Planning ahead is the key to a
good presentation. Use the notes pages
in PowerPoint to write out what you will say during your presentation.
When you present to the class make sure you:
Don’t read your presentation
Look at your audience
Don’t talk too quickly
Allow your audience to ask questions
Resources
Coal
to Electricity- types of electricity and meter information
Conservation
of Electricity word search
Assessment
To complete your assignment you will have to complete
and submit to your teacher the following items: Student Worksheet, at home
safety checklist, and your Power Presentation notes pages. The overall assignment will be graded using
this rubric.
Conclusion
Congratulations, you have discovered a great deal of
information about electricity and how it works.
You have checked your home and have made suggestions as to how you can
be safe while using electricity. You
have created an interesting presentation that the students will enjoy.