{"id":1454,"date":"2025-02-04T10:42:37","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T17:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/microelectronics\/?page_id=1454"},"modified":"2025-07-07T15:57:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T21:57:50","slug":"elementary-circuit-explorers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/microelectronics\/education-resources\/elementary-circuit-explorers\/","title":{"rendered":"Elementary &#8211; Circuit Explorers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Below are the overviews of lessons for early and late elementary classes, including a lesson description and necessary materials. Each lesson has been adapted to best align with grade-level learning, as well as Idaho and National Science Standards. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you are interested in receiving all ready-to-go PowerPoints, work sheets, and instructions for the lessons for elementary classrooms, please click the link at the bottom of the page that will take you to a sign-up form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t<div class=\"panel s-wrapper site-panel site-panel--imagetext site-panel-colorway-orange top-padding--remove_padding bottom-padding--remove_padding\"\n         data-index=\"\"\n         data-js=\"panel\"\n         data-type=\"imagetext\"\n  \t\t \n         data-modular-content>\n    \n\t<div class=\"panel-imagetext\">\n\t<div class=\"l-container--thin\">\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"g-row g-row--no-gutters g-row--col-2--min-full g-row--reorder-2-col\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"g-col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"c-image site-panel__imgtxt-image\">\n\t\t<div  aria-label=\"Students design, build, and analyze simple circuits using Snap Circuit Beginners kits.\" role=\"img\" data-expand=\"200\"   data-sizes=\"auto\" data-bgset=\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/microelectronics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/831\/2024\/12\/0-23-1-768x576.jpg 768w 576h, \nhttps:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/microelectronics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/831\/2024\/12\/0-23-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w 768h\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/microelectronics\/wp-content\/themes\/core\/img\/theme\/shims\/large.png');\"  class=\"c-image__bg lazyload\">\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"g-col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__imgtxt-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"c-content-block\">\n\n\t<div class=\"c-content-block__content\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<h2\n\t\tclass=\"site-panel__title s-title site-panel__imgtxt-panel-title s-title h2\"\n\t\t>\n\n\t1st &#8211; 3rd Grade Adaptation\n\n<\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"site-panel__imgtxt-panel-description t-content\" >\n\t<h3>Lesson Description:<\/h3>\n<p>In this lesson, students will design, build, and analyze simple circuits using Snap Circuit Beginners kits. They&#8217;ll explore key concepts such as circuits and conductivity, while learning about the role of engineers in creating everyday technology. The lesson emphasizes teamwork and problem-solving, encouraging students to connect their hands-on activities to real-world applications.<\/p>\n<h3>Materials:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.elenco.com\/consumers\/snap-circuits-beginner.html\">Snap Circuit Beginners Kit<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"c-btn c-btn--border\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/microelectronics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/831\/2025\/02\/Copy-of-Standards-Circuit-Explorers-1st-3rd-.pdf\">Preview the Standards<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t<div class=\"panel s-wrapper site-panel site-panel--imagetext site-panel-colorway-blue top-padding--remove_padding bottom-padding--add_padding\"\n         data-index=\"\"\n         data-js=\"panel\"\n         data-type=\"imagetext\"\n  \t\t \n         data-modular-content>\n    \n\t<div class=\"panel-imagetext\">\n\t<div class=\"l-container--thin\">\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"g-row g-row--no-gutters g-row--col-2--min-full \">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"g-col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"c-image site-panel__imgtxt-image\">\n\t\t<div  aria-label=\"Students explore the world of circuits using Snap Circuit kits.\" role=\"img\" data-expand=\"200\"   data-sizes=\"auto\" data-bgset=\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/microelectronics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/831\/2024\/12\/0-21-768x576.jpg 768w 576h, \nhttps:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/microelectronics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/831\/2024\/12\/0-21-1024x768.jpg 1024w 768h\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/microelectronics\/wp-content\/themes\/core\/img\/theme\/shims\/large.png');\"  class=\"c-image__bg lazyload\">\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"g-col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__imgtxt-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"c-content-block\">\n\n\t<div class=\"c-content-block__content\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<h2\n\t\tclass=\"site-panel__title s-title site-panel__imgtxt-panel-title s-title h2\"\n\t\t>\n\n\t4th &#8211; 6th Grade Adaptation\n\n<\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"site-panel__imgtxt-panel-description t-content\" >\n\t<h3>Lesson Description:<\/h3>\n<p>In this engaging lesson, students will become electrical engineers as they explore the world of circuits using Snap Circuit kits. Through hands-on activities, they will design, build, and test circuits while understanding the crucial differences between series and parallel circuits.<\/p>\n<p>Students will collaborate in teams to solve engineering problems, enhancing their communication and teamwork skills. They will also analyze the role of semiconductors and chips in modern technology. Students apply what they learned in a circuit game and engage in a reflective discussion on the importance of engineering in solving real-world problems and the relevance of these skills in everyday technology.<\/p>\n<h3>Materials:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Snap Circuit Beginners Kit (Optional)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.elenco.com\/consumers\/snap-2-itr-board-game.html\">Snap 2 It- Circuitry Game<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Game Powerpoint (Provided)<\/li>\n<li>Chip Image (provided)<\/li>\n<li>Wafer Image (provided0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"c-btn c-btn--border\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/microelectronics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/831\/2025\/02\/Copy-of-Standards-Circuit-Explorers-4th-6th-.pdf\">Preview the Standards<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-supporting-resources\"><br>Supporting Resources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To receive the supporting resources for this lesson, please submit the following Google Form. The resources include the educator guide, powerpoint presentation, and lesson extensions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/microelectronics\/circuit-explorers-materials-request\/\">Materials Request Form<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below are the overviews of lessons for early and late elementary classes, including a lesson&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3167,"featured_media":0,"parent":1449,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1454","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/microelectronics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/microelectronics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/microelectronics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/microelectronics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3167"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/microelectronics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1454"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/microelectronics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2475,"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/microelectronics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1454\/revisions\/2475"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/microelectronics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/microelectronics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}