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KATS Kamp 2026 Conference Resources

Summary

Your one-stop hub for everything we shared at KATS Kamp

Welcome, KATS Kamp attendees! If you connected with Switch Classroom at our session or booth at Emporia State, this page is for you.

Instead of scanning multiple QR codes or searching across the full Switch Classroom website, you’ll find everything we featured right here. Session resources, lesson links, and Kansas-specific guides are all organized below so you can quickly access what you explored with us.

Kansas Quick-Start Guides

Want to see exactly where these resources fit in your course? These guides map Switch Classroom lessons directly to the Kansas science standards for your grade band:

Workshop Session

Zap! Squish! Light It Up! Play-Doh Circuits for Grades 4–12
Participants built and tested Play-Doh circuits to model conductivity, resistance, and series versus parallel circuits. This hands-on session sparked creativity and problem-solving while demonstrating how tactile learning can make electricity concepts stick for students across grade levels. Find the resources linked below.

Featured Lessons

Scroll to the bottom of this page for the full lessons and activity guides we featured at KATS Kamp:

  • Introduction to Electricity: The lesson behind the Play-Doh session, with bell ringers, the hands-on circuits lab, and exit tickets
  • Introduction to Bioenergy: Lessons and activities on how biomass becomes usable energy
  • Play-Doh Circuits Student and Teacher Guides: Everything you need to run the lab in your own classroom

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Keep Exploring

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Thanks for spending part of your KATS Kamp conference with us. We can’t wait to see how you bring these resources to life in your classroom!