Electric Charges and Static Electricity Activity CER Worksheet and Stations

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Spark some critical thinking! Review and reinforce electric charges and static electricity as students practice data analysis and make claims from evidence!

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In this activity, students will:

• READ a brief passage.
• ANALYZE a simple data table, graph, or picture.
• Make a CLAIM based on EVIDENCE for a question related to magnetism.

There are 11 total claims to make from looking at a graph or a data table!

Three Ways to Assign!

1. As Stations: Great for getting kids moving around the room! Each of the 11 station cards has a brief passage and a data table, graph, or picture. Students complete a Claims, Evidence, and Reasoning grid on a worksheet for a question at each of the 11 stations.
2. As a Worksheet: Great for individual student practice! Students read a short passage and analyze the data, graph, or picture to complete a Claims, Evidence, and Reasoning grid for each data set.
3. Digitally: A Google Slides version of this activity is included.

Topics include:

• Opposite charges attract, and like charges repel
• Objects with a negative charge have gained electrons and objects with a positive charge have lost electrons
• The basics of electrostatic series (materials that readily gain or lose electrons)
• Objects can be attracted to each other even if they aren't touching.

Please note that this does NOT include electric field lines, circuits, resistance, Ohm's Law, etc. It covers the basics, so it is perfectly suited to the intentions of NGSS MS-PS2-3 and MS-PS-2-5.

Teacher Notes:

• Includes a digital Google Slides option to assign. A link to make a digital copy is included in the downloadable PDF.
• Includes an answer key.
• Please note that this resource is not editable.
• NGSS Content Standards: NGSS MS-PS2-3 and MS-PS2-5