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How do different materials affect the flow of electricity?
Hypothesis:Can electricity flow?
Material Tested Result:Can electricity flow?
wooden golf tee
plastic straw
brass screw
steel paper clip
aluminum screening
plastic screening
chalk
wooden pencil stub
brass paper fastener
iron nail
aluminum nail
glass marble
pipe cleaner
copper wire
aluminum wire
rubber eraser
1. Test each material and write your actual
results on your sheet.
3. Work with your partner to write some
conclusions based on the results of your
experiment. 4. Work on your Electricity Challenge Packet.
2. Return all your supplies to the correct location.
How do different materials affect the flow of electricity?
Hypothesis:Can electricity flow?
Material Tested Result:Can electricity flow?
wooden golf tee
plastic straw
brass screw
steel paper clip
aluminum screening
plastic screening
chalk
wooden pencil stub
brass paper fastener
iron nail
aluminum nail
glass marble
pipe cleaner
copper wire
aluminum wire
rubber eraser
nonoyesyesyesnono
yesyesyesno
yesyesno
yes or no
yes or no
I conclude that electricity flows through _____________________
____________________________________________________
I know this to be true because _____________________________
____________________________________________________
I conclude that electricity does not flow through materials like ____
_________________________________________________________________
objects that are
made out of metal.
it flowed through the objects
made of brass, steel, aluminum, iron, and copper.
wood, glass, plastic, chalk, and rubber.
How do different materials affect the flow of electricity?
______________________________________________
______________________________________________
______________________________________________
_____________________________________________
conductora material that
electricity can flow through easily
______________________________________________
______________________________________________
______________________________________________
_____________________________________________
insulatora material that
electricity cannot flow through
My Prior Knowledge 1-2
All About Atoms 3-4
How is Static Electricity Produced? 5
Electrifying Vocabulary
6-8 How Electrical Charges Affect One Another 9-10 How is Current Electricity Produced? 11-16
Will the Bulb Light? 17
Parts of a Light Bulb 18-19
Open and Closed Circuits 20-22
Conductors and Insulators 23-24
Electrifying Vocabulary
Ccurrent electricity - pg. 12 circuit - pg. 15 closed circuit - pg. 20 conductor - pg. 24