Electricity Experiments

Jonas finds a way to light his lightbulb using a battery and single wire

Today we did our first electricity experiment.  Students sketched how a lightbulb would light with one wire and a battery.  Most students drew a "linear" model that showed a wire touching a battery that then touched the bulb.  After trial and error, students excitedly completed the circuit by touching the contact points and figured out the four different ways to do it.  This experiment begins further sketching and conversation about how circuits work.

A few photos of the experiments. 

Homework for tonight is to:
1.  Read for 30 minutes and do reading group job
2.  Spelling
3.  Fourth math
     Fifth math (posted below)