Electricity (6th Grade)

Hello everyone!

In 6th grade we are studying the ELECTRICITY. Let us show you some of the contents learnt:

We know that all objects have electrical charges. Some charges are positive, PROTONS, and some are negative, ELECTRONS.

Sometimes, the negative charges pass from one object to another. For example:

- By rubbing a pen to a piece of cloth, we pass negative charges from the cloth to the pen. Now the pen is (negatively) electrically charged. So, it can attract small pieces of paper.

- Or by rubbing a balloon to a piece of cloth, we pass negative charges to the balloon. So, it is attracted to other objects:

- But when we approach 2 negatively charged balloons, they repel:

This is STATIC ELECTRICITY.

We also know ho to build an electrical circuit, which carries electrical current:

Finally, we can say if some materials are conductors or insulators after adding them into the circuit. For example:

Wood: insulator.

Pencil lead: conductor.

Pencil lead: conductor.

Salt water: conductor.

Lemon batteries (6th Grade)

Good morning!

Yesterday, we made a watch work with a very special battery: A LEMON!!!

There are many variations of this experiment. You need a piece of COPPER (for example, a 0,05€ coin), a piece of ZINC (for example, a screw or nail), WIRES, an object that needs electricity to work (for example, a LED) and LEMONS (but also grapes, potatoes,...).

Electricity (6th Grade)

Hello everyone!

In 6th grade we have studied ELECTRICITY. Let us show you some of the contents learned:

We know that all objects have electrical charges. Some are positive, PROTONS, and some are negative, ELECTRONS.

Sometimes, the negative charges pass from one object to another. For example:

- By rubbing a pen to a piece of cloth, we pass negative charges from the cloth to the pen.

Now the pen is (negatively) electrically charged. So, it can attract small pieces of paper.

- Or by rubbing a balloon to a piece of cloth, we pass negative charges to the balloon. So, it is attracted to other objects:

This is STATIC ELECTRICITY.

We also know ho to build an electrical circuits. which carries electrical current:

Finally, we can say if some materials are conductors or insulators after adding them into the circuit:

Electricity (6th Grade)

Hello friends!

In 6th Grade, we are learning ELECTRICITY.

We know that all objects have electrical charges. Some are positive, PROTONS, and some are negative, ELECTRONS.

Sometimes, the negative charges pass from one object to another. For example:

- By rubbing a pen to a piece of cloth, we pass negative charges from the cloth to the pen.

Now the pen is (negatively) electrically charged. So, it can attract small pieces of paper.

 

- Or by rubbing a balloon to a piece of cloth, we pass negative charges to the balloon. So, it is attracted to other objects:

This is STATIC ELECTRICITY.

We also know ho to build an electrical circuits. which carries electrical current:

Finally, we can say if some materials are conductors or insulators after adding them into the circuit:

Electricity (6th Grade)

Good morning!

Children of 6th grade are experimenting with electricity.

First, we learnt that all objects have electrical charges. There are positive electrical charges and negative electrical charges.  Normally, objects have the same number of positive and negative electrical charges: they are electrically neutral.

But, we found out that negative charges can pass from one object to another. For example, by rubbing a balloon to a cloth or to our hair.

Now the balloon is negatively charged:
 

 The same charges repel:

This was STATIC ELECTRICITY.

Later, we built an ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT, which carries electrical current. We used:

1. A battery

2. Wires

3. A light bulb

4. A switch

Science and Technology in Terres de Ponent High School (6th grade)

Hello, how are you?

Two weeks ago, we participated in the 2nd Science and Technology Cycle, organised by Terres de Ponent High School, here in Mollerussa.

We want to thank all the teachers and students involved in this project. We took active part in activities related to electricity and electromagnets, which were very interesting, motivating and perfectly designed.

In fact, Electricity and Magnets are going to be our next contents to study, and this made the Cycle even more interesting for us!

More information and pictures: CLICK HERE