This hands on project aligns with the Alberta Program of Studies for the Electricity Units. It asks students to apply or develop their understandings of electricity, circuits, switches and circuit diagrams when creating a working burglar alarm for the classroom! Our students created their alarms to protect the prize cupboard and all their treats! This purchase includes the student information sheet, rubric, and student assessment rubric used for the assignment in a Microsoft Word Document. It
Students apply their understandings of fractions to make art! Originally I did this project with my grade 5 students on graph paper, giving them more freedom to create images of different sizes and complexities. For my grade 3 class, the grid paper became a bit overwhelming and I came up with this template that could be used without as much fuss. They loved it! It can be edited to fit different learning needs and to require the demonstration of different understandings for many levels.
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