A kite becomes tangled in a power line and causes sparks or an electrical outage.
This real-world event prompts students to investigate why it happened and how electricity can travel through certain materials to cause harm.

Learning Goals:

1. Students will gain understanding of what power lines are and they work.
2. Students will gain understanding of hazards associated with flying objects near power lines and the potential dangers electricity can pose.

Handouts

• Exit Ticket Worksheet: Power Lines: How They Work & Safety

Important Links

• Lesson Plan
• Powerpoint or Canva Slides
• Video: Kite on wires – no sound

Next Generation Science Standards

• 4-PS3-2: Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.