Current Electricity

How is electricity generated? Students explore this concept as they create a simple circuit using hand-powered generators and test materials for conductivity.

Important Dates

Registration Opens:
Wednesday, June 01, 2011, at 9:00 a.m.

Registration Closes:
Monday, April 30, 2012, at 5:00 a.m.

Program Starts:
Monday, September 12, 2011, at 9:00 a.m.

Program Ends:
Friday, June 29, 2012, at 3:00 p.m.

Registration for 2011/2012 begins::
Wednesday, June 01, 2011, at 9:00 a.m.

Contact Information

For more information about this program, contact:

Menzel Smith-Jones
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Bldg.400C – P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000
631-344-4495 (phone)
631-344-7098 (fax)
slc@bnl.gov

How is electricity generated? Students explore this concept as they create a simple circuit using hand-powered generators and test

Vocabulary

current electricity, circuit, open and closed circuits, atom, electron, proton, neutron, conductors, insulators

materials for conductivity.

Audience for This Program

Elementary Grade Level 3rd, 4th, and 5th

Program Benefits

Lesson Objectives

1) Define current electricity.

2) Construct simple circuits, both open and closed.

3) Discover that metals are good conductors and non-metals are poor conductors or insulators.

Rules & Eligibility Criteria

Minimum group size 15, maximum 30, up to 3 groups at a time.