Phenomena: Kite on Powerlines
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:
- Students will learn how to identify safe and unsafe areas for outdoor recreational activities involving kites, drones, or model airplanes.
- Students will develop awareness and responsibility for personal and community safety around electricity.
Materials List
Handouts
- Map of your local area or school grounds (should have powerlines)
Group Supplies
- Poster board
- Craft materials (examples: markers, stickers, colored pencils)
Important Links
- Lesson Plan
- Powerpoint or Canva Slides
- Video: Kite on wires – no sound
- YouTube Video: Be a Safety Star – Keeping safe around electricity poles
- YouTube Video: Why don’t Birds get Electrocuted on Power Cables? + more
Next Generation Science Standards
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.