1. This work was supported primarily by the ERC Program
Elementary Power
Lesson for 3 Grade Levels.
Christina Stansberry
Green Magnet Academy
The base of the wind turbine that will be constant.
The student teams will create the turbine blades from materials they decide.
2nd Grade Wind Turbines
Students will study renewable and non-renewable resources. They will then
study how wind turbines are creating electricity. The students will then see
the base of the wind turbine they will be creating the blades for. They will see how the wind will generate a voltage on the multimeter. The student teams
will create the blades from their choice of material and see how much voltage their wind turbine can generate.
3rd Grade Solar Ovens
Students will study renewable and non-renewable resources. They will then
specifically study solar energy and how it is turned into electricity. The students
will then create a solar oven that will cook a S’more.
Solar oven
Choices of boxes to
create solar oven
Cook S’more to eat!!!
Each project will follow the Engineering
Design Process.
Squishy Circuit
Power Grid
Items to create a squishy circuit
Power Grid Game online
4th Grade Power Grid with Squishy Circuits
Students will learn how the power grid works and the different parts of the grid. They will understand that there has to be as much energy being put out and there is being used or the grid will not work. Student teams will use several batteries and squishy circuit dough to create a simple power grid.
This work was supported primarily by the ERC Program
of the National Science Foundation and DOE under NSF Award Number EEC