My students need access to modern equipment to best learn about series, parallel and more complex circuitry. We need to get of that tangled mess of alligator clips!
As a teacher in a diverse school district, my students are faced with several challenges both in and out of the classroom. Despite the many challenges they face, I am looking to keep things simple and provide my students with creative and meaningful learning experiences.
My students are a melting pot of many backgrounds, ethnicities and learning styles, yet all are engaged when technology is involved in the learning process.
I want to keep my classroom as engaging and entertaining as possible while maintaining high rigor and even higher level thinking.
Many of the students do not have access to the Internet at home, so using technology at school is their only exposure to this valuable resource.
My Project
At our school, most of our equipment has seen better days. For many of our students, this is the only place to get hands on science education.
We need to replace the tangled web of alligator clips and broken mini light bulbs.
These materials will bring electricity education into the 21st century and make an impact on the students.
Teaching concepts like electricity are a big need in our classroom culture. Many of our students will go on to be engineers or electricians. The foundation of that life long passion can be built with these kits. Instead of beginning with a frustration over faulty equipment.
I currently teach an honors level class of eighth graders. They are highly motivated and intelligent students but they are stuck in the middle. We currently don't have the supplies to accuracy teach concepts like series and parallel circuits, resistance and Ohms Law. These snap circuit kits will make learning these concepts not only easy, but fun to do. We would usually waste 20 minutes passing out materials and organizing the chaos of the wires. These kits will allow students to get straight to labs and investigations without hesitation.
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