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