—Connect and Attend

Stage 1

The teacher will put up an image of an electric circuit and ask the following Key questions for discussion:  circuit

  1. What is electricity?
  2. Where does it come from?
  3. What is the importance of electricity in our life and how can we use it wisely?

The teacher will activate students’ prior knowledge by asking them to fill in the K (What I Know) column of KWL chart on a Google doc.

Self exploration without technical details:

Students will go online to watch YouTube videos and try to find answers to the key questions. After this step they will post their W (Want to know) column of KWL chart on the Google doc. Teachers can make web-quests for their students so that they can have a guided tour of the given topic. Depending on the students’ capability, the teacher can allow them to make a list of various web resources they visited which can be used as a web quest/bookmark during the unit. A few examples are provided in the Symbaloo web mix given below. This step is inspired by Alt school ideology.


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