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Constructing a Wired Structure

By Platform Administrator · Submitted Sep 30, 2026

Content Area
Science and Technology/Engineering
Grade
4

Students learn how electric circuits work in their everyday lives. They design and construct a prototype of a wired structure, transferring energy from the battery to produce light. They also have the option to transfer energy from a solar source. While students can brainstorm ideas together and discuss their ideas with classmates, each student designs and builds their own prototype and completes the reflection independently.

MA Standards

4.ETS.1.5
Evaluate relevant design features that must be considered in building a model or prototype of a solution to a given design problem.*
4.PS.3.2
Make observations to show that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents. Clarification Statement: Evidence of energy being transferred can include vibrations felt a small distance from a source, a solar-powered toy that moves when placed in direct light, warming a metal object on one end and observing the other end getting warm, and a wire carrying electric energy from a battery to light a bulb. State Assessment Boundary: Quantitative measurements of energy are not expected in state assessment.
4.PS.3.4
Apply scientific principles of energy and motion to test and refine a device that converts kinetic energy to electrical energy or uses stored energy to cause motion or produce light or sound.* Clarification Statement: Sources of stored energy can include water in a bucket or a weight suspended at a height, and a battery.

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