CASES Online: Lights Out! - A Circuit Activity

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published by the Emory College Center for Science Education
written by Jonathan Toebbe

This item is Problem-Based Learning (PBL) activity for high school physics that asks learners to construct a flashlight using only broken and salvaged parts. In the opening scenario, a group of students are lost in a fully dark cave. One flashlight breaks in a fall and the battery dies in the other. Students have a time limit to figure out how to make the circuit work with only "salvage" items provided for the lesson.

SEE RELATED MATERIALS for a link to the student materials that accompany this lesson plan (includes scene script and rubric for problem solving).

CASES Online is a growing collection of inquiry-based lessons developed to explore the science behind real-world problems. More than 200 cases are available, covering all strands of the sciences. The cases are grounded in Problem-Based Learning (PBL) and Investigative Case-Based Learning (ICBL) pedagogy.

http://web.archive.org/web/20150920122345/http://www.cse.emory.edu...

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Education Foundations - Cognition = Cognition Development Education Practices - Active Learning = Cooperative Learning = Inquiry Learning = Problem Solving Electricity & Magnetism - Electromotive Force and Current = Cells and Batteries	- High School - Middle School	- Collection - Instructional Material = Activity = Best practice = Instructor Guide/Manual = Lesson/Lesson Plan - Assessment Material = Rubric

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Restriction:: © 2008 Jonathan Toebbe
May not be used for commercial purposes or altered without author consent. Link to Terms of Use: http://www.cse.emory.edu/cases/termsofuse.cfm
Keywords:: ICBL, Investigative Case Based Learning, PBL, Problem Based Learning, battery, circuit, circuit analysis, electricity lesson, group learning, inquiry, performance assessment, real-life problem
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created June 22, 2010 by Caroline Hall
Record Updated:: August 10, 2020 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: September 29, 2008
Other Collections:: The Physics Front

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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=10118">Toebbe, Jonathan. CASES Online: Lights Out! - A Circuit Activity. Atlanta: Emory College Center for Science Education, September 29, 2008.</a>

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J. Toebbe, (Emory College Center for Science Education, Atlanta, 2008), WWW Document, (http://web.archive.org/web/20150920122345/http://www.cse.emory.edu/cases/cases_materials_download/LightsOut_TG.pdf).

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J. Toebbe, CASES Online: Lights Out! - A Circuit Activity (Emory College Center for Science Education, Atlanta, 2008), <http://web.archive.org/web/20150920122345/http://www.cse.emory.edu/cases/cases_materials_download/LightsOut_TG.pdf>.

APA Format

Toebbe, J. (2008, September 29). CASES Online: Lights Out! - A Circuit Activity. Retrieved April 24, 2024, from Emory College Center for Science Education: http://web.archive.org/web/20150920122345/http://www.cse.emory.edu/cases/cases_materials_download/LightsOut_TG.pdf

Chicago Format

Toebbe, Jonathan. CASES Online: Lights Out! - A Circuit Activity. Atlanta: Emory College Center for Science Education, September 29, 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20150920122345/http://www.cse.emory.edu/cases/cases_materials_download/LightsOut_TG.pdf (accessed 24 April 2024).

MLA Format

Toebbe, Jonathan. CASES Online: Lights Out! - A Circuit Activity. Atlanta: Emory College Center for Science Education, 2008. 29 Sep. 2008. 24 Apr. 2024 <http://web.archive.org/web/20150920122345/http://www.cse.emory.edu/cases/cases_materials_download/LightsOut_TG.pdf>.

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@misc{ Author = "Jonathan Toebbe", Title = {CASES Online: Lights Out! - A Circuit Activity}, Publisher = {Emory College Center for Science Education}, Volume = {2024}, Number = {24 April 2024}, Month = {September 29, 2008}, Year = {2008} }

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Accompanies http://www.cse.emory.edu/cases/cases_materials_download/LightsOut_SM.pdf

This page contains the student materials that accompany the teachers guide to the "Lights Out!" activity. Materials include the script for the problem-based scenario, the assignment for students, graphic organizers, grading rubric, and self/group evaluations.

relation by Caroline Hall

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