Lesson Plan

Lights & Circuits Lesson Plan: Bigs Edition

Read real patents, crunch holiday light energy math, and wire a lit cardboard house.

This is the Bigs Edition of Lights & Circuits: one ready-to-teach week written just for grades 7-8. Every day follows the same rhythm: Reading on Monday, Writing and Words on Tuesday, Science and Math on Wednesday, a Hands-on Project on Thursday, and Show and Tell on Friday.

The big question: What does it really take, in materials, ideas and energy, to light up a string of bulbs?

The Week

• Mon: Read the Patents (Reading) • Tue: Who Gets the Credit? (Writing & Words) • Wed: What Do the Lights Cost? (Science & Math) • Thu: A Lit Cardboard House (Hands-on Project) • Fri: Lights, Data, Argument (Show & Tell)

Teaching more than one level? The all-levels edition of Lights & Circuits has Littles (K-3), Middles (4-6) and Bigs (7-8) in one file, so siblings or a mixed classroom can study the same topic together.

Perfect for homeschool families, grade 7-8 classrooms, co-ops and substitute plans.

What's inside

• 5 ready-to-teach days for Bigs (grades 7-8), about 90 to 120 minutes a day
• Lab sheet: Holiday Light Energy Math
• Sequence cards (Around the Loop) and a cut-and-sort page (Incandescent, LED or Both?)
• Writing page: One Name or the Whole Team?
• Hands-on project: A Lit Cardboard House
• Word search, crossword, scramble and secret code puzzles
• 8 fact cards, 9 vocabulary cards and a book list of 4 titles
• A certificate and an answer key for the grown-up

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