NAME OF STUDENT: Christina Santaniello

SCHOOL: Our Lady of Wisdom

CHILD STUDY COURSE: 309-02

COOPERATING TEACHER: Ann Schiao
SPECIFIC LESSON: Static Electricity

DATE OF LESSON: TBD

GRADE: 5th

GROUP SIZE: 12
CURRICULUM AREA: Science

Central Focus: Using pepper and salt to determine what static electricity pulls more.
Learning Objective: The students will be using salt and pepper to determine which has a better
pull with static electricity when a spoon is hovering over.
NYS Common Core Learning Standard(s)
Rationale: Prior to the lesson, the students have learned what matter is, the part of matter, and
what static electricity is. This lesson will help the students learn what kind of matter is pulled
upward using static electricity. This lesson will help future knowledge such as chemistry, when
they learn the difference in matter strength.
Materials:
1 Plastic Spoon
1 bag of salt
1 bag of pepper
1 blown up balloon
1 plastic/paper plate
Development/Procedures:
Introduction/Motivation: Have you ever seen someone rub a balloon against their head
and their hair stand up like crazy? I will take a pre-blown up balloon and rub it against my hair
to show the reaction. Well, this is a mix of positive and negative particles, but do you know why
my hair is sticking up and not staying the way it was? Lets find out with some salt, pepper, this
balloon and a spoon!
Instructional Strategies:
1. I will open my prezi on the smart board and open the Salt and Pepper
Experiment
2. I will begin with the first slide, going over what the students already know prior
to this lesson- matter, what it is, the parts of matter and what static electricity is.
3. I will ask the students to think what the materials of salt, pepper and a spoon will
have to do with static electricity and matter. They will be given a minute or two

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to discuss with their group what they think and write their answer on their
worksheet. (see attached)
I will then lead into what they will be doing, and what materials they have at their
desk. Each group will have 1 bag of salt, 1 bag of pepper, 1 plastic spoon, 1
plastic plate and 1 pre-blown up balloon.
I will read the first group of directions for the students to follow from the Prezi
power point.
After walking around the room to make sure the students have been following
directions, I will put up the second group of instructions for the full experiment.
After they have hoovered the spoon over the plate and seen the reaction of the
pepper rising onto the spoon, they will write their reactions on the worksheet.

Academic Language: (All defined in the Prezi Power Point)

matter; static electricity
Differentiation: I have one girl in my class with Autism, and my worksheet for her will be
simpler to keep her on task as per one of her IEP goals. I will also have a print out of the power
point for the students to use, for those of them who go to resource.
Technology Component: I will be using the smart board, along with the Prezi website as my
means of showing my lesson to the class.
Closure: I will end my lesson by having the students explain why the pepper reacted rather than
the salt. I will also ask if they have, now that they understand the meaning of static electricity
and its reaction used it in other methods. EX would be rubbing feet against a carpet while
wearing socks.
Assessment: I will be handing out worksheets to each student to be filled out as the lesson goes,
to be sure that they are understanding what is happening and why the reaction had reacted the
way it did. After collecting these, I can see where some students are having difficulty and where
some might need harder work.
Re-engagement: If the students arent able to grasp the concept of static electricity and the
difference in matter, I will have a similar experiment using magnets to show the positive and
negative poles attract to each other and the positive to positive have a harder time coming
together. After that I would revisit this experiment knowing the students understand that positive
and negative attract together.