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Mathicity - Friday Feedback Session Team Leader: Stacy Dunn Team Members: Goldeen Bell Patricia Dymowski Noor Khan Kyle Miller Sookki Min Zarina Qadir This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under grant No. EEC-0502174. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

Module Enhancements • History of electricity • Safety and electricity • Do an electricity Webquest • Co-teach with science teacher • Learn about series and parallel circuits

Module Enhancements Engineering Design • Students create a generator • During the design projects students would have to pick which types of generators (look at pros/cons/costs)

Module Enhancements Scientific Inquiry • Students question and investigate pros and cons of different power sources • Expand on electricity in general and types of electricity

Module Enhancements Ethics • Teamwork • Different types of generators and affects on our environment • Conservation of Energy – Survey

Modification for grades K-4 • KWL Chart • Word Wall Vocabulary: volt, electricity, line load • Instead of equations use inequalities • Modify truck activity so students will portray trucks and hubs, then transfer the concept to any form of electricity • Safety in using electricity • Design safety posters

Modifications for grades 5-8 • Discuss the 3 Bus system without using equations (Model higher level math) • Study the history of electricity • Study safety in using electricity

Resource Page • Images taken from http://www.kyotoaction.com/electricity.htm

http://www.cobb.k12.ga.us/~Simpson/Teacher%20Sites/Teacher%20Sites/Electricity%2 0and%20Magnetism%20Web%20Page.html

http://www.boolsite.net/images/wallpapers/Design_Art/Electricity.jpg

http://www.cartoonstudio.co.uk/Pages/EMEsafetyposters2.html http://www.cartooncottage.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein

Life is good for only two things: Discovering mathematics and teaching Mathematics!

~ Simeon Poisson