{"id":1609,"date":"2009-09-08T10:05:22","date_gmt":"2009-09-08T15:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/1609"},"modified":"2009-09-08T10:05:22","modified_gmt":"2009-09-08T15:05:22","slug":"teaching-physical-science-with-childrens-literature-flick-a-switch-how-electricity-gets-to-your-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2009\/09\/08\/teaching-physical-science-with-childrens-literature-flick-a-switch-how-electricity-gets-to-your-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Physical Science with Children&#8217;s Literature:  Flick a Switch: How Electricity Gets to Your Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/files\/2009\/09\/203452111.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"203452111.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You flick a switch to turn on a light or to turn on your computer.\u00a0 You know electricity makes it happen; but, where does the electricity come from?\u00a0 The path electricity takes from the power plant to homes and businesses is described in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/search.barnesandnoble.com\/Flick-a-Switch\/Barbara-Seuling\/e\/9780823417292\/?itm=3&amp;usri=1\">Flick a Switch:\u00a0 How Electricity Gets to Your Home<\/a>\u00a0by <strong>Barbara Seuling<\/strong>\u00a0with illustrations by <strong>Nancy Tobin<\/strong>.\u00a0 This book uses straight-forward language and bright, kid-friendly drawings to help children understand the science and technology behind generating electricity.\u00a0\u00a0 Simple\u00a0activities that use everyday items to demonstrate electrical circuits are included.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Curriculum Connections<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Flick a Switch<\/em> will help lower elementary students picture how electricity travels from power plants to their homes.\u00a0 Fourth and fifth grade physical science lessons can incorporate this book into electricity units about\u00a0conductors, insulators, electromagnetism, and historical figures who contributed to our understanding and use\u00a0of electrical power (VA SOL 4.3).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Additional Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Benjamin Franklin took a huge risk when he experimented with lightning.\u00a0 You want your students to play it safe.\u00a0 Find a list of electrical safety tips for children at the back of\u00a0the book <em><a href=\"http:\/\/search.barnesandnoble.com\/Wired\/Anastasia-Suen\/e\/9781570914942\/?itm=7&amp;usri=1\">Wired<\/a><\/em>\u00a0by Anatasia Suen or online at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rp-l.com\/electricsafety.htm\">Power Kids<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>When you hear the name Thomas Edison you think light bulb.\u00a0 When you hear Ben Franklin you think electricity.\u00a0 But what do you think when you hear Michael Faraday?\u00a0 Learn more about\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scienceshorts.com\/mfarada.htm\">Faraday<\/a>,\u00a0whose work with electromagnetism made the generators in power plants possible.<\/li>\n<li>Watch a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.teachersdomain.org\/resource\/phy03.sci.phys.mfe.zcircuit\/\">video<\/a>\u00a0that uses a lemon as a &#8220;battery&#8221; and children holding hands as &#8220;wire&#8221; to demonstrate conductors and circuits.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Book<\/strong>:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/search.barnesandnoble.com\/Flick-a-Switch\/Barbara-Seuling\/e\/9780823417292\/?itm=3&amp;usri=1\">Flick a Switch:\u00a0 How Electricity Gets to Your Home<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Author<\/strong>:\u00a0 Barbara Seuling<br \/>\n<strong>Illustrator<\/strong>:\u00a0 Nancy Tobin<br \/>\n<strong>Publisher<\/strong>:\u00a0 Holiday House Inc.<br \/>\n<strong>Publication Date<\/strong>:\u00a0 September 2003<br \/>\n<strong>Pages<\/strong>:\u00a0 32<br \/>\n<strong>Grade Range<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a01 &#8211; 5<br \/>\n<strong>ISBN-13<\/strong>:\u00a0 9780823417292<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You flick a switch to turn on a light or to turn on your computer.\u00a0 You know electricity makes it happen; but, where does the electricity come from?\u00a0 The path electricity takes from the power plant to homes and businesses &hellip; 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