A 3-page 3rd grade science vocabulary sheet on eight static electricity words: static electricity, electric charge, positive charge, negative charge, electron, attract, repel and neutral. Part 1 has students write the letter of the matching definition. Part 2 gives six fill-in sentences about a balloon rubbed on hair or a wool sweater. The sheet ties to NGSS 3-PS2-3, and page 3 is the answer key.
3-PS2-3
“Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.”
The eight words are the terms students need to describe electric interactions. Sentences 4 and 5 apply attract and repel to two charged objects.
Eight words with a Letter box, and definitions A to H, such as "To push away from each other." and "A tiny particle that has a negative charge and can move from one object to another."
A word bank of the same eight words in boxes, then six sentences like "Two balloons that both have the same negative charge will push away and ___ each other." A girl holding a balloon over her hair sits at the bottom.
The letter for each of the eight words, then the six words for the fill-in sentences.
Pre-teach two words
Electron and neutral are new to many 3rd graders. Teach those two before you hand out the sheet, with a quick sketch of a balloon gaining extra electrons.
Split the parts
Do Part 1 in class and send Part 2 home. Part 2 uses the same eight words again, so students meet each one twice.
Sentence 6
A student who skims may write electric charge. Ask them to reread "when charges build up on it" and decide which word names the buildup.
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