1. @mistermanker @lausanneschool
Circuitry for Kids
Brad Manker
@mistermanker @lausanneschool

2. About Me:
Lower School Innovation Teacher – K-4 grades
Makerspace (1 year old)
After-school clubs (Maker free play and Circuitry)

3. Topics Covered:
circuits – parallel and series
current
conductors and insulators
batteries, wires, switches
basic schematics

4. Topics NOT Covered:
Ohm’s Law or other physics topics
voltage
resistors
breadboards
soldering*
stripping wires or splicing

5. Five Things YOU Should Know
Fine motors skills might not be up to par.

6. Do you agree? Turn and talk.
Kindergarten
First grade
Second grade
Third grade
Fourth grade
Do you agree? Turn and talk.

7. Five Things YOU Should Know
This stuff is hard. The science of electricity is unforgiving.

8.
*squeeze chain – reinforcing the idea of “closed circuit”

9. Pedagogical Strategies: Ask Three Before Me Work with a Buddy
Walk and Observe
Try Three Things
Modeling
Centers for Practice
Badging
Your ideas?
adapted from Ertmer, P. A. (1999). Addressing first- and second-order barriers to change: Strategies for technology integration. Educational Technology, Research, and Development 47(4),

10. Five Things YOU Should Know
Not working? Flip the battery? Still not working? Flip the LED lights?

11. Five Things YOU Should Know
Understand the math, or set clear limits on supplies.

12. Five Things YOU Should Know
Think outside the (Amazon) box store when ordering supplies.

13. Our favorite place to shop!

14. christmas lights
coin batteries
electric toothbrushes
flashlights
foil

15. Copper tape, $13
Box of LED light bulbs, $13

16. Squishy Circuits – 2nd grade
Project Ideas:
Squishy Circuits – 2nd grade

18. 30 minutes later…

20. Project Ideas:
Light-up pictures (or cards)!
Fewer lights are better.

21. Project Ideas:
Makey Makey projects
Making a circuit with our bodies.

22. Project Ideas:
BraceLEDs
Looks good on paper, but…

23. Project Ideas:
Electromagnets

24. Project Ideas:
Lighted pop-up book pages

25. http://wp.robertsabuda.com/white-house-pop-up/ (Another resource:)

26. Now you try it!

27. Your thoughts? Ideas? Inspirations?
Feedback time!
@mistermanker @lausanneschool