EXPERIMENT: Find all the Annedroids playing hide-and-seek and find me – PAL – before my circuits burn out!
HYPOTHESIS: Since each of the Annedroids are programmed to act like certain animals, we can use what we know about those animals to find the Annedroids.
METHOD: Find each Annedroid one by one by acting like predators.
RESULT: We were able to find each of the Annedroids and save me – PAL – before my circuits burnt out. Hand is programmed like an octopus, Eyes like a razor clam, and I'm like a deer!
CONCLUSION: Annedroids are really good at hiding just like animals, but if you think like their predators you can find them!
EXTENSION ACTIVITY
Make a Simple Circuit
If you want something to work like your computer, a flashlight, or a remote, the electricity needs to move through a circuit. A circuit is the path the electricity flows.
All circuits work the same way. Electricity leaves the source of its power, travels the path, and goes back to the other side of the power source in an unbroken path. For example, in a flashlight, the power leaves the negative end of the battery, travels through the wires to the bulb, then through more wires and back to the positive end of the battery.
Materials you will need to create your own circuit:
• Aluminum foil
• Tape (electrical or scotch tape)
• A D-Cell battery
• A small light bulb (maybe from a flashlight)
Steps to create a circuit:
1. Cut two pieces of aluminum foil and fold them into strips, these will act as your “wires” for the circuit
2. Tape one of the aluminum strips to the positive end of the battery, and the other strip to the negative end of the battery
3. Touch one strip to the bulb, on the metal part just under the glass part of the bulb
4. Touch the other strip to the silver tip on the end of the bulb
5. The bulb should light up.
You have just created an unbroken circuit with your "wires"!
A circuit is the path the electricity flows. An easy way to help you remember that is to think of it like CIRcle since CIRcuit starts the same way!
SYNOPSIS FOR TEACHERS / PARENTS:
In this episode, Nick accidentally activates a security program that makes the Annedroids go into super-hiding mode. Anne explains that PAL’s circuits are going to burn out if they don’t find PAL fast. Nick, Shania and Anne brainstorm a plan to find the Annedroids.
This episode introduces children to concepts such as programming and circuits. It continues to teach children about the scientific method and the importance of jotting down observations.
CURRICULUM EXPECTATIONS:
Grade 2 Science - Understanding Life Systems: Growth and Changes in Animals
2.2 Observe and compare the physical characteristics and the behavioral characteristics of a variety of animals
3.2 Describe an adaptation as a characteristic body part, shape, or behaviour that helps a plant or animal survive in its environment
Grade 6 Science - Understanding Matter and Energy: Electricity and Electrical Devices
2.1 Follow established safety procedures for working with electricity
2.2 Design and build series and parallel circuits, draw labelled diagrams identifying the components used in each, and describe the role of each component in the circuit
2.5 Use technological problem-solving skills to design, build, and test a device that transforms electrical energy into another form of energy in order to perform a function
2.6 Use appropriate science and technology vocabulary, including current, battery, circuit, transform, and energy, in oral and written communication
3.6 Explain the functions of the components of a simple electrical circuit
3.7 Describe series circuits (components connected in a daisy chain) and parallel circuits (components connected side by side like the rungs of a ladder), and identify where each is used
