It's not an easy thing to see....electricity.
Even though it is not something to play with, using the Plasma Ball allowed the students a chance to imagine that they had the power to control, or at least manipulate electricity.
There was a smile on every face...
as they watched the changes right before their eyes!
The challenge with this whole project has been making the information relevant to the children's lives and experiences, and then to find materials that they would manipulate on their own. Boreal Science was the source for these great little motors, that gave the students a better understanding of turbines.
Step by step directions were clear, but the perfecting of the motor so that it would run was more than a little tricky!
Not everyone got theirs to work...
but the huge smiles...
..and squeals, certainly let us all know when there was SUCCESS!
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