Hair-Raising Happenings in 8th Grade Science

Eighth grade students may be notoriously hard to impress, but RMS science teacher Ms. Grossenbacher knew that a van der graaft would engage her students and get her science classes excited about electricity and its properties. This hand-on scientific tool provides lots of classroom activities that bring scientific concepts like opposite forces, currents, and lightning alive for the students. As Ms. Grossenbacher said, “Real science happens when students are excited about what they’re learning, when they start making connections between what they’re learning and real-world scenarios.”