Part of Lesson Plan: Basic Circuitry

Activity Overview / Details

Break the students into groups of 3-4 students and give each group a treasure map that you have prepared. (The map could be of your classroom/shop or the campus. You may want to have a different map for each group so that they do not all go to the same places.) Tell the students that they must use the map to find the treasure (candy, new pen/pencil, etc.) and come back to the exact place that they started. While the students follow the map put the first slide of the Electric Circuits Power Point. When the students get back to their seats explain to the class what an electrical circuit is and ask what are the similarities between a circuit diagram and the treasure map. Listen for answers like "We had to go in one direction." (Electrons flow in one direction negative to positive) or "We came back to where we started" (Completion of the circuit). Respond to the answers for clarification and move to the next activity.