This is the third lesson in a growing bundle of a thematic unit on Energy called The Science Behind Energy. If you are an interdisciplinary teacher like I am, your best bet is to get the bundle. This lesson teaches reading information standards, writing, vocabulary development of academic and domain-specific words using NGSS science content. The reading passage is written in SECOND PERSON POINT OF VIEW! You don't see this often. Each page can be used in whole group or as a center. The interactive notebook page is engaging and the writing can be used as an exit ticket.

This lesson includes:

Reading passage with four comprehension questions

Venn diagram Interactive notebook page on static and current electricity as well as insulators and conductors.

Paragraph writing that addresses NGSS 4-PS3-4: Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that covers energy from one form to another.

Academic and Domain-Specific Vocabulary words:

impact

current

electron

electricity

attract

excess

lack

transfer

device

positive charge

negative charge

depend

conductor

circuit

battery

create

The underlined words are academic vocabulary from Wordly Wise. The superscripts in the reading passage indicate the lesson in which they can be found.

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