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.