Electricity Through Nonfiction Text

The Common Core State Standards have had several impacts on education.  One of the impacts is the focus on informational text being part of the curriculum from the very beginning.  Throughout this unit I will use informational text to teach students that electricity carries energy.  Students will also learn the difference between an open and closed circuit and that energy flows in a closed circuit. Students will then sort various objects as good conductors and insulators of electricity.  As students learn how electricity carries energy they will be building upon their reading and writing skills.  As a final project students will create a circuit in order to make a light bulb light.