Introduction
Video
What things around the house use electricity?
Discovery Lesson
Electricity: Electricity Scavenger Hunt
Grades: K-1
Time: 60 minutes
Overview
In this lesson you will go on a scavenger hunt around your house to find objects that use electricity.
Materials
Goals
Objectives
Common Core Math Standards
Next Generation Science Standards
Materials
- “Electricity Scavenger Hunt” worksheet
- A pencil
- A parent or guardian
Goals
- Think about objects that use and do not use electricity;
- Practice counting; and
- Practice writing numbers.
Objectives
- Find objects in your house that use electricity;
- Count objects that use electricity; and
- Trace numbers from 1-10.
Common Core Math Standards
K-ESS3-2
People depend on various technologies in their lives; human life would be very different without technology.
Next Generation Science Standards
PS2.A
Forces and Motion: Pushes and pulls can have different strengths and directions.
K-PS2-1; K-PS2-2
Pushing or pulling on an object can change the speed or direction of its motion and can start or stop it.
K-PS2-1; PS3.C
Relationship Between Energy and Forces: A bigger push or pull makes things speed up or slow down more quickly.
Introduction
Activity Instructions
We use electricity every day in so many ways! Can you think of how you use electricity? We use electricity to power a lot of the devices and objects in our home. In this activity you and a parent or guardian will explore different rooms in your house to find objects that use electricity.
Use the “Electricity Scavenger Hunt” worksheet to keep track of the objects you find. On this worksheet, you see the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10. Use your pencil to trace each number. When you are done tracing each number, walk around your home with a parent or guardian to find different objects that use electricity. When you find an object that uses electricity, draw a picture of it in one of the empty boxes on your worksheet.
