Free electric circuits lessons for grades 3-4

30 hands-on building sessions on a snap-together circuit kit, from the first closed circuit to a system the kids invent themselves. Each session runs 45 minutes, for teams of 4 to 5.

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45 pages: the teaching method, safety and troubleshooting, the illustrated assessment map, 30 sessions minute by minute, each with an experiment and a game, and a final project. Branded printing is built in.

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30 interactive build exercises, one per session. Drag the connections between blocks, make mistakes, fix them, and run the circuit to watch it work.

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What the 30 sessions cover

  1. The path of electricity
  2. I decide when
  3. Who lets it through, who blocks it
  4. Circuit detectives
  5. How much power is here?
  6. A chain or junctions?
  7. Each gets its own path
  8. A brake for the current
  9. Electricity on the move!
  10. Electricity talks
  11. One way only
  12. The circuit that sees
  13. A tank of electricity
  14. A switch without fingers
  15. Magnet magic
  16. The circuit listens
  17. Jumping electricity
  18. Our doorbell
  19. A real alarm
  20. Space war
  21. Smart street
  22. The obstacle course
  23. Making our own electricity
  24. Secret telegraph
  25. The steady hand
  26. My electric home
  27. What will we invent?
  28. Let's build it
  29. The entrance exam
  30. The CHIPS finale night
30 sessions 45 minutes Grades 3-4 Teams of 4-5 30 breakthrough experiments