1. Static Electricity: Building Academic Language One Charge at a Time

2. Session Goals Explore the concept of static electricity with hands-on activities (charge, electrons, force, triboelectric effect) Use meaning making strategies that support English Language Learners Examine how oral discourse and writing in science notebooks deepen understanding Vargas & Velez

3. TEKS – Physical Science 8.5(A) describe the structure of atoms, including the masses, electrical charges, and locations, of protons and neutrons in the nucleus and electrons in the electron cloud. Vargas & Velez

4. TEKS – Science Processes 6-8 2(A) plan and implement comparative and descriptive investigations by making observations, asking well-defined questions, and using appropriate equipment and technology Vargas & Velez

5. Making Content Comprehensible Scaffolds Developing Academic Language Vocabulary Comunication – oral and written ELPS: The Big Ideas Vargas & Velez

6. Activate Prior Knowledge What do you think is happening here? Vargas & Velez

7. Static Electricity Focus Question: What is a general rule for how charged objects interact? Rotate through stations (15 minutes each) Vargas & Velez

8. Static Electricity Focus Question: What is a general rule for how charged objects interact? Science Talk: I noticed ______. I think _____, because ______. I agree/disagree with ____ because _____. I wonder __________. Vargas & Velez

9. Pictorial Input Focus Question: What is a general rule for how charged objects interact? Vocabulary in context: negative charge positive charge static electricity attract repel electron Vargas & Velez

10. Electrifying Experience Focus Question: What is a general rule for how charged objects interact? Answer the focus question in your notebook. Vargas & Velez

11. Science Notebook Reflections I want to know more about … (because) I still have questions about … Some interesting things I learned today were … I was reminded of … I would like to try … (because) I have changed my thinking about … I wonder … When ________ I began to think of … I like the idea of … I am confused about … because … I was surprised by … I used to … but now I … Vargas & Velez