Here is the link to our powerpoint.

The Nuts and Bolts of Lightning Powerpoint

Materials needed for our activities!

Activity 1:  Making thunder in your mouth.  

                Materials needed: Lifesaver mints
                                           The bathroom

Activity 2: Making Thunder and Lightning 

               Materials needed: Thunder- brown paper bag
                                          Lightning- A balloon 
                                                         Balls of wool

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Our activity connects to STEM in the following ways:
Science - creating lightning
Technology - video about lightning, using calculators and stopwatches to find average of data
Engineering - Building the lightning rod
Math - graphing the data and averaging data

Links about STEM:
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/04/01/report-american-students-score-slightly-above-average-in-problem-solving

http://www.wikihow.com/Impart-STEM-Education-to-Your-Children

http://www.nymetroparents.com/article/Why-STEM-Education-Is-Important-For-All-Kids-Boys-And-Girls

http://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2013/06/28/stem-education-will-keep-america-competitive

What is lightning?

Here are some links about what lightning is and how it is formed.

http://www.pa.msu.edu/sciencet/ask_st/062994.html

http://local.msn.com/weather-101/how-does-lightning-form

http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/home/F_What_Causes_Lightning_Flash.html



Here are some articles about lightning, stem and weather:

http://www.stem-works.com/external/article/972



Here are a few extra activities:

http://www.cocorahs.org/Media/docs/LessonPlans/4h/4h-what-is-lightning.pdf

Powerpoint

I am putting together the PowerPoint tonight and tomorrow. Thanks for making the info quick to find. If you have anything in particular you want to see on the PowerPoint, let me know. I will send you all drafts as I complete parts of it, and I welcome your feedback.

Misconceptions for power point

This is a list of ten myths about lightning.

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/hnx/LightningMyths-1.pdf

In this website a myth about lightning is listed and you click on it to get a full description of what the truth actually is.

http://stormhighway.com/lightning_myths.php

This is a power point I found online that has common misconceptions about lightning and interesting facts.

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=6&ved=0CFgQFjAF&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsill-www.army.mil%2Fusag%2FISO%2Fdocuments%2Fweather%2FLightning%2520Awareness.ppt&ei=IxY7U9b5KvL-2QXb34CgCg&usg=AFQjCNGqm20aAHV1wiOsiq7_vOXZBgT4rA&sig2=iJbRnEQhsV31Z3yu06SQUA&bvm=bv.63934634,d.b2I

This is a video about the misconception that tires protect you from lightning while in a car.  This video shows what really keeps you safe riding in a car during a storm.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaIWPMuiBMU

Exhibits for the power point

Here are exhibits of lightning. 

The first are activities to create lightning.  Most of the activities I found were repetitive so these are the basics. 

This is an activity using lifesavers to literally create lightning in your mouth.

http://www.cocorahs.org/media/docs/lessonplans/4h/4h-lightning-in-your-mouth.pdf

This document has two activities, one to create lightning, the other thunder.

http://www.met.ie/education/pdfs_eng/Lesson%20Plan%20Thunder%20and%20Lightning.pdf

This activity uses different materials to create sparks by static electricity showing students what creates lightning.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/education/activities/2213_lightnin.html

Here are websites that have great pictures of lightning.

The first one is on the National Geographics website.

http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/photos/lightning-cloud-ground/

Here are 15 powerful images of lightning.

http://digital-photography-school.com/15-spectacular-lightning-images

23 more images of lightning.

http://www.livescience.com/11253-electric-earth.html

Lesson plans for the power point

Here are my lesson plans with brief description for the power point.

This lesson talks about how static electrity cause lightning. Students perform 4 different activities that show how lightning is created.

http://www.discoveryeducation.com/teachers/free-lesson-plans/stormy-weather.cfm

This websites has tons of lesson plans pertaining to thunder and lightning including how to create both, what causes them, and lightning safety.

http://science.lotsoflessons.com/weather/lightning.html

This lesson is for grades 3-5. It shows students how electric charges contribute to the formation of lightning.  It also has students investigate the frequency of lightning strikes across the United States

This site has really good key terms and concepts

http://www.instructorscorner.org/media/resources/schools/Masters/EDU_Lightning/3-5%20How%20and%20Where%20Does%20ligh.pdf

These were really the only few websites I could find with lessons about lightning.  I know it is not many, but the lots of lessons link literally has lots of lessons within it.  I could show several of them to the class during the presentation.

Simplified form for our activity

Hey ya'll here is a simplified version of our activity.

http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/lightningact.html

Here is a video

Hey ladies, here is a video I found if we want to use it:
http://youtu.be/iJ88efj8Jno

Jamie

Making Lightning

http://www.learnplayimagine.com/2013/04/how-to-make-lightning.html?m=1

This is a site I found on Pinterest. Easy idea, not a lot of materials involved. 

Lesson Plans about Lightning

 Here are some lesson plans about lightning.  These would be great to teach on their own, or to involve in a STEM lesson.  The project listed in this blog would be great to go alongside any of these lesson plans.

Discovery Lightning Lesson Plan

Thunder and Lightning 

Activities and lesson plans involving lightning and thunder 

Making Lightning in Your Mouth

Lightning Under water video

Lightning Under water

This video is a Harmony STEM project where a student creates lightning in water in a test tube.  This would be a great project to do with students of all ages to demonstrate how lightning works.

National Geographic and Lightning

This first website is a great way to open up a lesson about lightning.  The section about lightning gives a lot of in depth information, and offers a photo gallery with amazing pictures.  The National Geographic website has information about many different aspects of weather.

National Geographic Website

The next website I would like to share contains information about lightning and offers links to other resources about weather and electricity.  It also offers a couple of activities called "Learn by Doing" on how to make thunder and lightning.

Learning by Doing: Thunder and Lightning

What is Lighning?

Below is a link for the Weather Whiz Kids website.  It provides interesting information about lightning in a way that is easy for kids to understand.  This website also has several useful resources such as experiments, games, flashcards, and many more!

Weather Whiz Kids