During our electricity units, we use a variety of electricity-themed toys (e.g., Snap Circuits), to introduce students to electrical circuits. These materials are easy for kids to handle from a motor perspective and make learning less frustrating. However, it's also very important that the students are able to apply what they learn with Snap Circuits to more realistic materials, like real copper wire or bulbs. That is, they need to generalize the skills they have learned.
To that end, the Otters and the Clouds recently experimented with some more realistic electrical materials from the hardware store. These materials don't just snap together -- they require some effort and thinking, and that's exactly what we want. As you can see below, the students figured it out.
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