Circuit Lab

Standard /Benchmark	Learning Goals What should students know?	Formative Assessment What Do Students Already Know?	Learning Performances
Standard K-4: Physical Science Content Standard B: Light, heat, electricity and magnetism Benchmark: Electricity in circuits can produce light. Electrical circuits require a complete loop through which an electrical current can pass.	Students should understand what a circuit is and how it works	Most students believe it takes two wires to create a circuit.	Yellow Lab Strengths: Students were engaged with a question. After they conducted the experiment they were not provided with explanations. Weaknesses: This experiment was very teacher centered as all the instructions were provided.   They did not have to come up with the ideas how to light the bulb on their own.  They just had to follow the guidelines in the instruction. Pink Lab Strengths: This experiment was very students centered. Students were not given instruction of how they should light the bulbs. Students were provided with suggestions that could lead them to think independently how to investigate possible combinations or bulbs in order to make their own explanations. Weaknesses: For the students that don’t have much previous knowledge about electrical circuits this experiments may be challenging as they may not be able to discover how to connect the wires, battery and bulbs to light the bulbs.  Teacher should provide some guidance to make this part of experiment for students easier.