grade 4: electricity, circuits & thermal energy

4th grade teachers…

Uncomfortable teaching electricity and thermal energy?  Need ideas and materials to make it hands-on? Join OEP for a professional development workshop that meets these content standards!

Participating teachers will receive:

• Teacher resources: NEED curriculum, OEP lesson plans and student worksheets.
• Kit of Equipment worth over $250: 5 sets of Snap Circuits, 5 circuit batons, 6 digital thermometers, additional resources to teach thermal energy.
• Three professional development contact hours.

Registration is open to all Ohio schools. See registration requirements below.

2019 registration is closed

Summer 2019 Program Dates & Locations

Date	Location	Time
June 11	Toledo	1p-4p
June 18	Columbus-closed	9a-12p
June 20	Mansfield	9a-12p
July 9	Cincinnati	9a-12p
July 24	Cleveland	9a-12p
August 7	Akron	9a-12p

Ohio Learning Standards the workshop will address:

Electricity, Heat & Matter (Physical Science)

• The total amount of matter is conserved when it undergoes a change.
• Energy can be transformed from one form to another or can be transformed from one location to another.

Earth’s Living History (Life Science)

• Changes in an organisms environment are sometimes beneficial to its survival and sometimes harmful.

Notes on Participation:

• Participation is limited to one time. If you have previously attended this grade-level workshop, you are not eligible to participate a 2nd time.
• You must have a 2019-20 science teaching assignment for the grade-level you are applying.
• Limit of two teachers per school may apply. This may change to one teacher per school depending on the number of applicants.
• Participants will be selected to participate based on your school’s electric utility. Limited space is available to all schools in Ohio.
• You will be notified by May 15th if you have been selected to participate.

View the program curriculum, pre/post assessments and student worksheets.

Questions?  Email OEP staff