The third and fourth grades recently wrote postcards to demonstrate their understanding of electricity, circuits and switches. Their task was to write a postcard from the perspective of electricity, writing to their electricity cousins about traveling through a circuit. They were also challenged to use vocabulary that they learned in this unit: circuit, open,complete, closed, incomplete, positive, negative, switch, insulator,conductor.
Students' stories will be added to the comment sections in the coming weeks. -- Mr. Lewis
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ReplyDeleteDear Mr.Conductor,
ReplyDeleteYou cant believe where I was last night. Well I am just to exited to tell you. Okay I was in a circuit! Can you believe that! Guess what I went through a battery,light bulb even a paperclip and two fastners. That's awesome. That's not the rest. Did you know an open circuit is not a complete because the electricity can't make it through, and a closed circuit is a complete circuit. It's a full circuit so I can get around. You see the switch (paper clip) is metal, and anything can go through it. So if you move the switch it stops the electricity from coming through. So you see that's how I traveled through my awesome journey.
From,
Electric Dude
(S.J.S.)
Dear Negative Energies, I just got back from the new switch in Circuitstan. It was so cool! It was ten times better than the circuitcoaster in Lightamainia. I was really lucky because I was the very first customer! It was scary at first, but when I got past the batteries I got used to it. After I had gone through through the batteries I saw some conductors. They were such massive pieces of metal that I couldn't see in the shadows they cast. All of this was fun, but the chandelier was by far the best part. I got to help light it up! I was sad when the open circuit became closed and I had to go through the insulator, but I still had loads of fun.
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Dear O.I.Circuit,
ReplyDeleteGuess what just happend to me. Well I just went through a complete circuit! First,I went through the posative side of a battery and out the negative. After that I was charged! Then,I went through the wire I was right at the light bulb when I stoped! The circuit went into a open or incomplete circuit. Finally, A minute or so later the kids turned it into a complete again yah! Here comes the best part I lite the light bulb! But as soon as I was done lighting it the ride was over.
Love you,
S.C. Insolater
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ReplyDeleteMr. Lewis, I don't exactly know if to post or comment. Oh, well I'll just comment here. If I'm to be posting tell me.
ReplyDeleteDear my cousins Zip, Zam, and Zoom, my friendly old Uncle Boom, and even my little Aunt Work-it, I went through a circit! There's a lot of places you've made your mark, but I went through a complete circit of Tony Spark! It was closed, no not open. 'Round I went rope a dop'n! Go from the negetive, not the top! Don't touch the insulator... POP! No, no, no, it was NOT incomplete. The places we've gone, there's no compete! Through a conductor,[an exelent metal.] To know it's awesome, you need no mental!
Sorry, I'm running out of time here...
"Hey Spirly!Were are you?You are missing all of the FUN at WireWorld?"Sudenly,I came between two huge wires.I put one hand to one,and the other hand on the second huge wire.I made a complete circuit.I saw an epic ride called Electricity Flow.The circuit became negative."That ride was fun!We were surrounded by white stuff."I found out what it was,the Insulator.I hope I see you next 10 years at the Cunductor Spirly.
ReplyDeleteDear Sparky,
ReplyDeleteit's me Zap and yesterday I went through a circuit.It was better than the time we went through the time square jumbotron!When I got there the circuit was open for a while,but eventully it closed and my group felt the thrill of going with the flow.I went throgh the negitve and positve side of the battery.
i didn't finish
JK
Dear,E,i guess what I did I went through a circuit not just a plane circuit a closed one it was so cool.let me tell you the difference well a open circuit is where a switch is off and a closed one is switch is on.well
ReplyDeleteHello, i'm Bulb and i'm looking forward to go complete circuits but first I want to have a little coversation on paper. There is so much to talk about!I really want to explainhow to complete circuits. Well, first we need to make light let me tell you how we need to do that, you need to have to have a wire a bulb and a battery. All right Swich good,then you put the one part around the bulb then you take the otherside but the battery needs to be on the wire! Put the bottom with the battery ! There you go light! Hold on so it is postive so it works like aconduter! That is just one of THE jobs we'll do more! See you son! Good work its not incomplete!
ReplyDeleteDear Metaline,It's Sparky your one light-year older cousin.Me and the gang just walked into a classroom!It's a good thing they're studying curcuits right now!It looked like they were making switches using a card,2 fasteners,3 wires and a lightbulb.We climbed a table right when a group finished their switch.We got into a wire and electrons were floating everywhere!We kept going down the corridor and the leader of the brigade who calls himself The Brain Stormer almost got electrified.It was shocking!Har!Har! Sorry Mr.Lewis I didn't finish
ReplyDeleteGreat responses! Your postcards are so creative!
ReplyDeleteDear cousin electricity,
ReplyDeleteyesterday at 1:00 I went on this terrible thing called a circuit.I found it was a ''closed circuit''.Never try it! I came out of my battery and went threw the switch.At one point someone knocked the paperclip off and all of us got trapped! Soon we exited the death trap.Never go threw a closed circuit!
Sincerely,
Noah N. Electricty
Hi cosain jhon .I just went through the longest traffic gam of my life . We were going through a closed circuit until someone moved the paperclip then everyone was in a open circuit . The worst part was i got stuck hlf way through the light bulb .Their was tons of traffic then someone guy named cal turend the circuit back on see you back on the rail road
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Dear Sparky,
ReplyDeleteit's me Zap and yesterday I went through a circuit.It was better than the time that we went through the time square jumbotron!When I tried to go through the circuit was open for a while,but then my group got it up and running.I went through the negitve and positve side of the battery,and I also went through the switch and lightbulb.Finaly,it was time to go ,but it was the best feeling of my life.
Love,
Zap
JK
Dear Brightny,
ReplyDeleteToday we went to the Circuit!It was great fun!First we went on the Welcome Wire(thats were you get your pichter taken)after that we went on the Bright Bulb!Oh!And inside the Circuit was soo cool!It had sparks and lights every were!There was a ton of electricaty there!But get this we were in the Circuit and it CLOSED!So we just kept going and going! sinceraly -static
Dear cousin Electracal,
ReplyDeleteWhen I was cruisin in my Energizer R.V.-D size (the only I had an R.V. is because my Infenity broke.) I crashed into an open circuit missin' an energy supply. My insulater bumper fell off so my car became a cunducter. I fell into the circuit, now closed. on the way I passed through a switch and on the way around again the switch opened. Not again, the circuit was incomplete! my negtive and my posstive detached. It was all terrible, at least the bulb served Chinese food.
From:
Happy zappy
Dear S.C. Electric,
ReplyDeleteI hope your having fun in your new lightbulb. I just wanted to tell you about my awesome switch adventure I just expierenced. i got to expierence my first closed/complete circuit! Then all the sudden I got stuck! Somebody made the circuit open/incomplete! I wish you were with me to have another adventure!
From,
Sparky
(H.C.)
Dear spark,How has your life been?I just wanted to tell you about my trip to Mr.Lewis's class!The trip was maybe the worst ever. It took two hours to get there and once we did it took another five to six hours before we went anywhere.Once i did get to go somewhere some wierd kids poked my taxi with a wire and i flew out the negitive of my taxi.I knew i was in a complete circuit.I almost made it to the positive side of my taxi when those kids fliped the switch and i stopped in the middle of a open circuit.They fliped the switch agian and i opened the positive side of my taxi and jumped in.I drove back to my house. I am telling you never go to Mr.lewis's class.
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Dear Ekno guess what I did I went though a circuit not just a plane one a closed one it was so cool.Let me tell you the difference well a closed one is when a switch is on.and a open one is a switch is off. well what do you think so far when a circuit keeps going on all it looks like is a bunch of little lasers in a tube. well that was my really cool time in a circuit by.
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Dear cousins Zap,Bolt,Sparky,and Lightning, I was just went to Electricety Fun Park.At Electricety Fun Park,and I went on the best ride ever!I was buckled in when we zoomed off.I relised I was going through a closed circuit.We started at the negitive side of the battery.We headed straight through the switch before you could say conductor.I saw that the insulator on the battery was missing so that's why we were going so fast.The complete circuit is the best ride ever!When we just past through the switch the complete circuit became incomplete.Someone just turned off the switch!Suddenly they turned the switch back on.We zoomed to the positive side of the battery,and the ride was over.You should try it sometime!
ReplyDeleteLove you dearly,
Cousin Smokey.
A.K.A, E.A.C.
1.What was Thomas Edison like as a kid?
ReplyDeleteThomas Edison was a trouble maker he always asked too many qweshtions and made his teachers mad.
2.How did Thomas Edison do science?
Thomas Edison did science by askeing lots of qweshtions and investagateing
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Hey Bolt I just went through a complete circuit.
ReplyDeleteI went from the conductor to the insulator but
first I had to stop at a switch then I cept going. Good thing the circuit was closed and not open. If the circuit was open it would be incomplete and I would get stuck. When I got to the balb I found out the balb needs both negative and positive energy to light up pretty cool huh.
sincerly power C.E.R
never go in a circuit it is bad! you just go round in a dumb flow. You squeeze thure - + which live in in a battery. That was d. But never go in a swhich you stop go!
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Dear Sparky Davis,
ReplyDeleteI had this crazy adventure in land incomplete and complete. At first I was in the positive side, but it turned out to be a slide heading to the negitive side. Finally it became horrifying! I almost blinded myself. I was in the most brightest thing ever...a light bulb. That's when a strange person took me out and I landed on the battery rapper next. Then an air plane swooped me up and I landed in Motor Land.
Love,
Lecktrow IAB
Dear Triple A battery,
ReplyDeleteI learned how to travel around a circuit world. I started at china positive and out new york negative ,and were off! First I was up in the air I saw Las Vegabulb it was cool.Then from the wire cloud I saw wire Nebraska Then back to new york negative. Then I flipped the switch and it was a incomplete circuit. it was fun but how do I get back to motor Denver.
TJK
Dear Me Me Electricity,
ReplyDeleteI got to tell you something you should go thourgh a cicuit in ... Mr.Lewis's class. Those kids where being nice but when I was about to reach the lightbulb...They stopped me. I was going down paperclip road about to make U run then...they closed the switch. I started off agian went through the filament rollercoaster! I went around the actual paparclip city I met D battery. I got an electragragh. Hope to see you at paperclip road!
sincerly,
25 vooltz
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ReplyDeleteDear Wire,
ReplyDeleteI had many adventures on my trip to Bulb City. First I was zooming through the battery into the circuit closed circuit all the way! Once past the circuit into the wire!AGAGAG through the last wire ZIP! Next thing I know I'm in Bulb City. I didnt want to leave. Next I packed and went back to home sweet home.
Sincerly, Mr Power.
[B.F.W]
Dear Couisn Elerico,
ReplyDeleteNever go on a trip to Mr.lewis's class.A bunch of kids put you in a circuit witch has a light bulb, ahome made switch,battrey,and two wires.And then they turn on the circuit.At first you feel like youare going to puke. But after a while you get the hang of it. Then one kid turned of the switch and we all got stuk it was horrible I'm telling you never go on trip to Mr.lewis class.
Your Best Cousin
Eletric WFM
Dear cousin conductor I was traveling though a switch it felt like a roller couster. Just wen one of those creatureres came wen I was on the loopdy loop he ternd the switch. later it was Dear cousin conductor I was traveling though a switch it felt like a roller couster. Just wen one of those creatureres came wen I was on the loopdy loop he ternd the switch. later it was back on then incompleet on and on I felt sick. I was traveling though the inslater then the filiment it was so light all the suden I saw the batery at that punt I wonted to go home but then I saw bill and never wonted to go home.
ReplyDeleteback on then incompleet on and on I felt sick. I was traveling though the inslater then the filiment it was so light all the suden I saw the batery at that punt I wonted to go home but then I saw bill and never wonted to go home.
BMF
DEAR SPARK, I just came back from the circut it was asome. First I went in my small seat. then all a soden the circut started to move it started out slow .Then we went as fast as an rolar coster.then we hedded throght the pasitive side of the battury I started to think pastive thoghts.after that we came out the pasitive side of the battury I started to think of negative thaghts then all a soden we stoped the circut was an open circut it was scary finally I heard a voice rides over and thats my adventure at the swich sinserley,emma
ReplyDeleteps my hampster electrisity went with me to the circut.
mk
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ReplyDeletedear electrical bob posotive battery lane Iloved my last visit to posotive battery lane . the onaly bad part was negative battery aveneu man that made me noshus . I loed the filament rolerfcoster that was fun .It made me disy but it was stil fun . I hated it when the swich was open and the circut was incompleat . when I left I was glad there was an insolator or I would have fallen out of the circut your
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ReplyDeleteDear,cusin positive,I had a horrible day
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Dear,Moter and Lightbuld
ReplyDeleteHow are you doing. The other day I went to an amusment park.I saw a roller coster called the electric city!!!I went on the roller coster. We went in a complete circuit. It was so fun!I went on a baby roller coster the babys and I went throw the negative side and thats how my day was.
sincerely:
D Battry
SEB
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ReplyDeleteDear Lecklerow, Circuit and Filament,
ReplyDeleteHi,it is me Energy. I just got out of the new switch. It was scary at frist and so I tryed to get out the Insaler but it stopped me. Then I was just started to like it when little kids stopped
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"Hey!""HEY!Battery Wire!
ReplyDeletewhats going on?I just wanted to say...I went to scince camp.And I had the best trip ever!I went in a wire!And then i shot through a rooler coster!At least I think!Or mabye that was a battery.Any way then when I left the rooler coster Icame apon a nuther wire!And bad news!I stopped!Then I new it was an incomplete circuit!I wated for ever!I asked my friend "How long have we been wating?"He said 5 min.Then instantly the circuit was closed and we started moving agian!And then I shot up to the sun!I think!it was so bright!Then i coght on fire!And when I was ternd purple!I got to tell you science camp is super fun
From, Insulator
JGN
Dear Circuit,One day this kid made a switch.SO I was moving at once.Iwanton a closed circuit.It was like I was a carnivel.So then the bulb almost made me blind.My cousin came to my house. The switch went off.10 houers later the famly came home from the battery.And then I was back at the carnival and that was the best day of my life.
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ReplyDeleteDear cosain Ell,
ReplyDeleteThe family Electrons invited me to a party in a closed circut. I'll tell you the route. We'll start at the battery,go to the switch,in the lightbulb and become an open circut.
your cosain,
Lectricity
M.M.B
Today I travled throgh a closed circiut.First I started at the battery and then went around and around.And finlly I reached the light bulb.See you soon.
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Dear Sparky,
ReplyDeleteI have a amazing store for you.Well this how it started.I went on this amazing ride it was gost opend.I went in it it took me around and around inutil the switch opend it was very dack.Because it was a incomplete circuit.It stoped two times because the negative sied of the battery .And the positive side of the battery didn't touch the wire, but then they closed it so it was a complete circuit. It was a lot of fun.
L.C
Dear Cd man,
ReplyDeleteNever go in side a circuit,it is terrifying.I will tell you a little about my adventure going through a circuit. I started inside in this battery. It was dark. Before I knew it I flew out of the battery. It was like there was a flashflood pushing me through a wire. I took a break at the fasteners. There was some kind of circle. It looked like a paper clip.I don't know how it happened but I was already a the second wire. I was getting dizzy. I walked out of the fastener to take a look around.I saw a big light bulb. I didn't get to see it long. I shot through a wire. next thing I knew I was inside the light bulb. I could see a hand push the paper clip. The lightbulb lit up. My eyes were burning it was so light.Thank goodness I flew out of the light bulb. I was inside the battery again.'' not again i'm to dizzy to go again''. that is my adventure going through a circuit.'' Hey cd man, now do you get why a circuit is terrifying'''' well I guess I get it, but how did you get inside a battery''well, thats a long story so i'm not going to tell it. why not cousin oh my gosh weve been talking for an hour. got to go, by. Oh come on, he never wants to talk to me. (phone rings). ya, hey cousin, want to come through a circuit with me, Oh for goodness sakes.
JBS
Dear,cusin positive,I had a horrible day. I went on a roller coaster. I went through the negative through the wire. I thought I was going to barf down the switch spinning to the other wire into the bottom of my friend the lightbulb an came out the other side. I went so fast through the wire and into the positive. I'm glad to be safe.. Weeewww.
ReplyDeleteSincerely,
Electric
a.k.a ALG
ALG
Dear cousin Danny,
ReplyDeleteI traveled through this switch thing in Switch Falls. First, I flew out the negative side then randomly we stopped out nowhere we started up again. We traveled through the wires till we came to the cave witch was called the Lightbulb. After, we went throgh another dark cave wicth was called the Paper Clip. We traveled in the positive side oh and I'm telling wear sun glasses in the filament you should really try it!
love, your cousin Julie.G.Wire
Danny.D.Spark
133 Positive ln.
Denver,CO 80238
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Dear Ben.S.Spark and Samantha.S.Spark,
ReplyDeleteI just traveled through an exciting circuit.I was just minding my own buiness in a scinny wire and all of a sudden I shot through the positive out the negative of the battery.It was the scariest thing of my life.After that scary battery ride I went around this long wire then I went through a other wire but we all got stuck I was next in line for the line for the light bulb but kids keep turning the switch on and off.Finally I got to the light bulb and got to light it up.Then I got use to it.Then I went around a thousand more times I got really dissy and I puked.
With Love,
Sparky Taylor Positive
S.T.A
dear electrical bob posotive battery lane Iloved my last visit to posotive battery lane . the onaly bad part was negative battery aveneu man that made me noshus . I loed the filament rolerfcoster that was fun .It made me disy but it was stil fun . I hated it when the swich was open and the circut was incompleat . when I left I was glad there was an insolator or I would have fallen out of the circut
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ReplyDeleteDear Positive Electricity,
ReplyDeleteI went out of the battery yesterday, and went into a wire, and into a switch, and into light bulb, and into anotthor wire, and back to the battery. When in the light bulb I was losing energy. When the paperclip moves the cucuit is open. The paperclip moves again, the curcuit is closed. When it's closed I stop. When it's open I go! I can't beleve I still have energy.
Your Cousin,
Negtive Electricity
Electricity F Positive
Battery street
Denver, CO 80825
Dear Davo Electriciy,
ReplyDeleteI just went thouth a curcuit that was like a roller coster.It was scary.As soon as my house was connected to a wire I went onthe ride.Suddeny I could not move.I started and stopped because someone kept piaying with the switch..I moved again macking the room light. love Luke
Dear Electricity Cousins,Today I went on an awesome rollercoaster ride. I zoomed out the negative side of the battery and went in a circuit. Just then someone opened the circuit and I came to a halt. Then, someone closed the circuit so the circuit was complete then I saw a big insulator wall I had a hard time getting through. Then, I saw lots of metal then I shouted "conductors" as I zipped through now I was at 1,000 miles an hour and then I zoomed in to the positive side of the battery it was so fun. From your cousin, E Wire Positive -I.S.C
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Dear Light,
The wierdest thing happened to me this weekend. While me and wire were making stuff work, something or should I say someone came early. It was opened circuit all fired up and ready to go. He usualy doesn't come unless there was a power outage, or someone wasn't working.But this time it was different,it was a lightning strike. It wasn't that different because the lightning strike caused a power outage. Then, I thought,"Is it a power outage or did something else happen?" The next thing I knew, my + and - sides almost got bit off by open circuits dog. Finnaly, switch came andopen circuit became closed ciruit or complete circuit. Everyone started working again. Thats how bad my weekend went
G.X.P.
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ReplyDeleteDear Negative Energy,
ReplyDeleteAs you know I went traveling to a circit because they needed help lighting a light bulb. Anyway, I had to go inside a battery just to get stuck in a wire because some moron turned it off and we stuck in the wire for 12 hours! Then some giant flipped the switch and I was out of that open circuit. I just grabbed onto a spark and zoomed inside the heater and thought, man I'm in an open circuit.
See you soon,
5,000 volts
ICF
Dear Kristeen C. Eletric
ReplyDeleteI've just had the most wildest adventure.This is what it was like....:First, iI was pushed by energe and was squeeeeesed out of the negitive side of the battery. Then I flowed through the switch and guess what it was my first time going base of the light bulb. When I got to the filament I was tosted and turned by the filaments wires. By the time I got out I felt like getting sick. Finnaly I got back to the batterie and the circuit got bumped and became incomplete. I thought you would want to know how I spent my friday afternoon.
Love,J.o.E
(G.B.S.)
Dear Electricity Man,
ReplyDeleteWoah,black out. so I was in this battery running likecrazy. All of the sudden I started slowing down. I did'nt know why so, I blurted out "Somebody turn on the lights". Sparks started streaming from electicity to electricity.Then I started to run again. I went so fast I passed Uncle Electric and,Aunt Double A. I was going through the wire when I started swirling. WHAT WAS HAPPENING? Then I realized I was in the paperclip! Finally I passed the lightbulb. Man, that was some crazy vacation.
l.c.b.
Raft storys rock
ReplyDeleteICB, I really liked your post. I liked all the sparkle words you used. Keep up the good work.
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Hey, what up Elecs,
ReplyDeleteI went on the switch ride in eletricity land. I straped into the battery and i waited, my hat in my hands. Then theese funny hands came and....
ZOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!! We hit the ride out out the negititive and into the wire. We ran into the paperclip but nothing happened. I waited until the circuit turned complete, then the paperclip turned. I spun around so fast I couldn't see. Then, we passed the conductor with a wave of his hat. Then, we shot forth to the filament where we went round and round and round fast. Out the lightbuld and we stopped so abruptly that I flew forth into the insulator. The circuit was open and I shot out. That was my experience.
From,
Positive D Elect.
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