Lightning

Lightning!!By Michele HanzelCSU Fall2015

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Standards Science Content Standards for Californiag. Physical Science 4th Grade 1. g. Students knowelectrical energy can be converted to heat, light, and motion.

Students will be able to see how energy can change to, heat, light and motion. They will be able to describe how energy creates lightning. Standards IICalifornia Common Core State Standards

.3Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text

Students will be able to read text about lightning and summarize what happened and why in their own words according to what they read in a text. GoalsI will be able to read text about lightning and summarize what happens when lightning strikes. I will be able to write about what I learned. I will be able to see how energy can change to, heat, light and motion.

What do you know about lightning?Interactive slide

LIGHTNING!!!!!!?

THINK SHARE PAIR!

Sentence startersWRITE IN YOUR JOURNALI know thatbecause.I believebecause.I would like to know

Vocabulary!What is static electricity? What is an atom?What is a current?Understanding more:http://sciencenetlinks.com/lessons/static-electricity-4/

Bill Nye the Science Guy on LightningWhat did you learn?Lets discuss it with your partners and write down one thing that your partner knows about static electricity and lightning.

Class PollHow many of you thought it would be cool to see lightning?How many have seen lightning?

Read and LearnPlease read the article in the National Geographic and write three facts about lightning in your journal.

Flash Facts About Lightning. (2005, June 24). Retrieved September 19, 2015.Get physical!Lets try to make static!!!! Who can get the balloon to stick to the wall the longest? Why does this work?

Materials and Lesson PlanMaterials:Balloon for each studentScreen for Power PointPower PointPencils and Journals for each student

Anticipatory:What do we know about lightning. Allow students to discuss what they know with partners. Students will write in their journals what they know using sentence starters.

Vocabulary:Teacher will discuss key words in the lesson such as current, atom and static.

Lesson:Teacher will show video of Bill Nye discussing static electricity and how it relates to lightning. Students will have the chance to pair up and discuss what they learned. They will then write down in their journals something that their partner learned about static electricity using sentence starters. Teacher will then conduct a class poll asking questions about lightning. This information will be recorded on the board. Students will read a short article and write three facts from the article.

Activity:Students will get a balloon and make static electricity. Students will be able to put the balloon on the wall to see if it sticks.

Assessment: Students should be able to verbally and in writing show their understanding of electricity and how it makes lightning. They will use their language skills to discuss with their partners and write facts down in their journals.