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Electricity - What Really IS Electricity?

Learn the basic concepts of electricity to understand what it really is in a fun fast moving class.
David Salch
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1 live meeting
50 mins in-class hours

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US Grade 3 - 6
Electricity, what it is, and how it works in a fun, energetic fast moving format. 

The goal of this class is to provide a good foundation of what the force of electricity is with proper terminology and safety rules.  The student is then equipped to go further in learning built on a solid foundation. 

Concepts explored:
   The structure of atoms and electrons
   The force of nature that creates electricity
   Conductors and insulators
   Batteries and how they work
   Importance of a complete circuit
   Controlling electricity with switches
   The nature of sparks and lightening
   Electrical safety rules

This class is an interactive live whiteboarding session. The students are invited to actively participate with questions, comments, etc to whatever degree they are comfortable. They may choose to actively participate or passively absorb. This tends to be a very fast moving class to hold the students attention and inspire them to continue learning about electricity.

This class introduces the basic of electricity. You may choose to deepen the understanding and skill set by following it with the more in depth hands-on experiment classes:
    Measuring electricity - a three session Hands-On series about how to use a voltmeter
    Making electricity - a three session Hands-On series where we build a battery, a generator, and a solar cell
    Controlling Electricity - a multi part series of series where students learn how to build various devices with a electronic project board.

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Joined December, 2016
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Electricity has been a big part of my life. As a teenager I was building computer circuits, robots, and discrete electric devices. I worked after school in my Dad's radio shack store repairing everything from radios to toasters to TV's.  Through the decades I held on and developed this understanding through hands on experience as well as formal courses.

Perhaps more importantly I have a skill for explaining complex concepts in a simple easy to understand manner and a passion for plain true practical understanding to the next generation. Learning should be deep and fun!

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50 min

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Ages: 8-12
4-18 learners per class

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