Use a series of interactive models and games to explore electrostatics. Learn about the effects positive and negative charges have on one another, and investigate these effects further through games. Learn about Coulomb's law and the concept that both the distance between the charges and the difference in the charges affect the strength of the force. Explore polarization at an atomic level, and learn how a material that does not hold any net charge can be attracted to a charged object. Students will be able to:

Explore the concept of evaporative cooling through a hands-on experiment. Use a wet cloth and fan to model an air-conditioner and use temperature and relative humidity sensors to collect data. Then digitally plot the data using graphs in the activity. In an optional extension, make your own modifications to improve the cooler's efficiency.

Students will learn about direct force and how pushes and pulls are forces.

The purpose of this Podcast is to demonstrate the different ways that objects can move while incorporating non-locomotor and locomotor physical activity.

In this activity, students study gas laws at a molecular level. They vary the volume of a container at constant temperature to see how pressure changes (Boyle's Law), change the temperature of a container at constant pressure to see how the volume changes with temperature (Charles’s Law), and experiment with heating a gas in a closed container to discover how pressure changes with temperature (Gay Lussac's Law). They also discover the relationship between the number of gas molecules and gas volume (Avogadro's Law). Finally, students use their knowledge of gas laws to model a heated soda can collapsing as it is plunged into ice water.

Explore how the Earth's atmosphere affects the energy balance between incoming and outgoing radiation. Using an interactive model, adjust realistic parameters such as how many clouds are present or how much carbon dioxide is in the air, and watch how these factors affect the global temperature.

The students will learn about growing patterns and how to connect this mathematical term to a warm-up in music.

Discover how electricity can be converted into other forms of energy such as light and heat. Connect resistors and holiday light bulbs to simple circuits and monitor the temperature over time. Investigate the differences in temperature between the circuit with the resistor and the circuit using the bulb.

The microscopic world is full of phenomena very different from what we see in everyday life. Some of those phenomena can only be explained using quantum mechanics. This activity introduces basic quantum mechanics concepts about electrons that are essential to understanding modern and future technology, especially nanotechnology. Start by exploring probability distribution, then discover the behavior of electrons with a series of simulations.

PreK: The student will identify words that rhyme and produce rhymes of simple words (CLLD2.3i)
K:
🎯 I Can Statement(s) 🎯

I can identify rhyming words.

This lesson will focus on movement through dance.  While dancing we will have students practice counting in sequential order from 1-8.

Author: Brandon Thompson, VBCPSStudents will listen carefully to sounds and then try to identify which letter or letters would create that sound. They will write the letters down and then put the letters together to make multiple words.  Finally, they will have put a whole sentence together!This is one in a collection of podcasts created by Virginia Beach City Public School teachers and students that focus on active learning for PreK-2 students.

This spreadsheet has links to audio files and lesson plans for the Kinetic Scholar lessons developed as part of the Active Learning grant our school division was awarded. Many are student voiced and all involve some sort of audio lesson paired with movement. We encourage teachers to take students outside to listen and move around with these lessons when possible to increase circulation, get some fresh air, and enjoy our beautiful campuses.

Isaac Newton's famous thought experiment about what would happen if you launched a cannon from a mountaintop at a high velocity comes to life with an interactive computer model. You are charged with the task of launching a satellite into space. Control the angle and speed at which the satellite is launched, and see the results to gain a basic understanding of escape velocity.

This is an active learning lesson on SOL:2.12 The student will a) draw a line of symmetry in a figure; and b) identify and create figures with at least one line of symmetry.

This is an active learning lesson on 2.7 The student will read and demonstrate comprehension of fictional texts.d)    Describe characters, setting, and plot events in fiction and poetry. 

This is an active learning lesson on SOL 2.7 The student will read and demonstrate comprehension of fictional texts.d)    Describe characters, setting, and plot events in fiction and poetry. 

This is an active learning lesson on SOL:2.7 The student will read and demonstrate comprehension of fictional texts.e)    Identify the conflict and resolution.

This is an active learning lesson on SOL: 2.7 The student will read and demonstrate comprehension of fictional texts.g)    Summarize stories and events with beginning, middle, and end in the correct sequence.