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Fantastic Fourth Grade Electric Company

This is a hands-on/minds-on inquiry based simulation in which students design and test an electric circuit as a closed pathway including an energy source, energy conductor, and an energy receiver.

Rubric Code: T4B4A3

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Subject: Science

Type: Project

Grade Levels: K-5

Fantastic Fourth Grade Electric Co. Levels of Achievement are designed to match the level of education required to attain a career in that field.
	Electronics Technician Requires at least a high school diploma. 1 pts	Electrician Typically requires a minimum 4 year apprenticeship. 2 pts	Electronics Drafter Requires a minimum of 2 years post-secondary education. 3 pts
Training Manual Assesses your ability to maintain accurate records in your notebook.	Electronics Technician Contains detailed diagrams and training notes for 1-2 accomplished tasks.	Electrician Contains detailed diagrams and training notes for 3-5 accomplished tasks.	Electronics Drafter Contains detailed diagrams and training notes for every accomplished task.
Problem-Solving Assesses your ability to be persistent, ask good questions, and try many different strategies to accomplish your task.	Electronics Technician Employs 1 or 2 strategies to accomplish each task. Requires frequent encouragement by a "supervisor" and arrives at a solution for each task with a great deal of extra support.	Electrician Employs 2-3 strategies to accomplish each task, is easily encouraged by a "supervisor" and arrives at a solution for each task with minimal extra support.	Electronics Drafter Employs multiple strategies to accomplish each task, is persistent, asks questions and requests additional materials as needed. Acts as a supervisor to other groups of students as needed.
Team Work Assesses your ability to cooperate with your partner, share materials, encourage others, and be responsible.	Electronics Technician Shares responsibility and takes turns throughout some of the simulation.	Electrician Values the ideas of your partner. Shares responsibility and takes turns throughout most of the simulation.	Electronics Drafter Values the ideas of your partner. Cooperates well and encourages other groups to keep trying until they succeed. Shares responsibility and takes turns throughout the entire simulation.
Technical Vocabulary Assesses your ability to implement new vocabulary into your discussions, problem-solving, and notebook.	Electronics Technician Makes very little use of the new vocabulary as it is introduced and subsequent tasks throughout the simulation.	Electrician Makes use of some of the new vocabulary as it is introduced and subsequent tasks throughout the simulation.	Electronics Drafter Makes use of all new vocabulary as it is introduced and continues to use these words appropriately in subsequent tasks throughout the simulation.

Keywords:

complete_circuit series_circuit parallel_circuit battery lightbulb conductor electricity

Subjects:

Science

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Project

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