Keep It Moving

An analogy can be defined as a similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based. The article uses a more accurate and kinesthetic approach to students lear... See More

An analogy can be defined as a similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based. The article uses a more accurate and kinesthetic approach to students learning how electrons move in a wire. It has been proven that students learn in multiple ways. Teachers often don’t allow students to move in the classroom and this procedure, when appropriate, just adds another link to conceptual learning. This is a great exercise to use for upper elementary and into the high school classroom as well as a reintroduction to the concepts of electricity in a physics classroom.

Good lesson both for electricity and modeling

This article presents a kinesthetic model for the flow of electricity. The author reminds us to be sure to explain to student that the model (he calls it analogy) has limitations - it doesn'... See More

This article presents a kinesthetic model for the flow of electricity. The author reminds us to be sure to explain to student that the model (he calls it analogy) has limitations - it doesn't really represented what happens perfectly and some of the differences are too difficult for the students to understand (yet). Great explanations - good model, and I want to use this with my middle level students the next time I teach electricity because it does such a good job of representing the concepts or the system of the process!