All About Circuits

Grade levels: 3-5

Description: Students will learn basic circuits by building several examples.  They will learn about conductors and insulators, and test everyday objects for their conductivity.

Robotics/Science Concepts Covered: Students will create their own guitar out of cardboard, and play music from an existing Scratch program. They will also design their own input device. Input/output; coding basics; simple circuits; polarity; conductivity; insulators/conductors

Contact hours: 6

Modules included:

• Activity 1: Make a Greeting Card Using a Simple Circuit
• Activity 2: What is Conductive and Hands-On
• Activity 3: Cardboard Guitar
• Activity 4: Draw an Instrument
• Activity 5: Introduction to Scratch

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