Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Protecting Treasures

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners explore electricity by creating an alarm. In this circuitry activity, students analyze a diagram of a circuit based alarm which detects sunlight. Learners utilize electrical equipment to recreate the circuit and practice using...
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Make an Alarm!

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
After reading the story "Dear Mr. Henshaw" by Beverly Cleary, students will build an alarm system for something in the classroom, as the main character Leigh does to protect his lunchbox from thieves. Students will learn about alarms and...