Description
This book engages students in grades 4 and 5 with electricity topics and history that they will love. The book has hands-on activities, reading comprehension questions and texts written for your child’s understanding.
This book covers important scientists and discoveries about electricity, and explores how some of the most impressive technologies use electricity today. Each chapter can be used as a reading and scientific adventure!
Table of Contents
Chapter 1……………………………….…… Introduction
Chapter 2……………………………….….. History of Electricity
Chapter 3……………………………….….. Benjamin Franklin
Chapter 4…………………………………….The Results of Ben Franklin’s Experiment
Chapter 5……………………………………. Thomas Edison’s Light Bulb
Chapter 6……………………………………. Parts of a Simple Light Bulb
Chapter 7……………………………………. The Battle for Electric Power
Chapter 8…………………………………….. Cool Tech: Electric Cars
Chapter 9.……………………………………. How a Tesla Model S Operates
Chapter 10.…………………………………..Electromagnetism and Electromagnetic Waves
Chapter 11.…………………………………..Light is an Electromagnetic Wave
Chapter 12.………………………………….. The Incredible (Invisible) Nature of Light
Chapter 13.………………………………….. Cool Tech: Smartphones
Chapter 14.………………………………….. The Magical World of Television
Chapter 15.………………………………….. Electric Grid
Chapter 16.………………………………….. Cool Tech: Laptops & Computers
Chapter 17.………………………………….. Hands-on Experiment #1: Playdough Circuit
Chapter 18.………………………………….. Hands-on Experiment #2: What Conducts Electricity?
Chapter 19…………………………………… Hands-on Experiment #3: Create an Electromagnet
Chapter 20………………………………….Conclusion
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