Curated OER
Work and Power: Waterwheel
Students investigate a waterwheel and the physical properties of energy. For this waterwheel lesson students create a model waterwheel and calculate the amount of power produced.
Curated OER
Electrical Generators
Students study what an electric generator does and its history. For this energy lesson students complete several experiments including building their own electric generator.
Curated OER
Applied Science - Physics Post-Lab
Students investigate energy. In this Physics lesson, students explore different sources of energy: heat, nuclear, and chemical. Students sing an electricity song.
Curated OER
Make a Refrigerator
Third graders explore the concept of heat transfer as experienced in wearing winter clothing and analyzing the refrigerator.
Curated OER
Electrical Battery
Students investigate the different types of batteries and how they work. For this energy lesson students experiment with batteries and see which ones last the longest.
Curated OER
Watts Up with the Heat
Students create a variety of simple, series and parallel electrical circuits to illustrate how electricity flows through different types of basic circuits.
Curated OER
Build a Hydrophone
Students build a hydrophone based on this schematic. In this inventive lesson students use a document to create a hydrophone.
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Circuit Construction Kit (Dc Only), Virtual Lab
Build circuits with resistors, light bulbs, batteries, and switches and take measurements with laboratory equipment like the realistic ammeter and voltmeter.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Electrifying Energy
This tutorial reviews over electrical energy.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Forms of Energy
Given diagrams, illustrations, or descriptions, students will identify the types of energy.
Stanford University
Stanford University Department of Electrical Engineering
This is the homepage of the Stanford University of Department of Electrical Engineering. There are links to information on research, academics, seminars, faculty, etc.
Stanford University
Stanford University Department of Electrical Engineering
This is the homepage of the Stanford University of Department of Electrical Engineering. There are links to information on research, academics, seminars, faculty, etc.
Other
The Electrical Engineering Virtual Library
This site has links to various topics about electrical engineering. These include institutions, resources, journals, etc.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
This is the website for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Department of Electrical Engineering. The site has links to research, academics, etc.
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology
Ciese: Reverse Engineering of a Common Product
A telecollaborative project where learners communicate engineering concepts across the globe. Student tasks are to deconstruct a common device, then design reassembly instructions for others worldwide to follow to attempt to reconstruct...
OpenSciEd
Open Sci Ed: 8.3 Forces at a Distance
This unit allows students to investigate the cause of a speaker's vibration in addition to the effect.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Science: Pizza Restaurant: Why Must We Save Electricity?
Clara is on holiday in Italy and is finding out about electricity. Join her to learn about saving electricity.
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Science World: Eric Weisstein's World of Science: Michael Faraday (1791 1867)
Brief information about Michael Faraday and his extensive accomplishments in the field of electricity.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Current Electricity Lights On
An exploratory lesson plan that provides the learners with a chance to discover the possible connections in an electrical circuit in a controlled setting.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: National Grid Fully Charged
The National Grid is a high-voltage electric power transmission network, connecting power stations and 340+ substations ensuring supply and demand is in the balance. Nigel Williams speaks to Robert Llewellyn about how the National Grid...
Careers New Zealand
Career Nz: Electrician
This site contains information about becoming an Electrician in New Zealand. While some of the information is specific to New Zealand, there is also data that is uniform to the career.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Science: Greece: What Can Electricity Do?
Alex is an actor in a play. Help him figure out which items use electricity so he can make sure everything is ready for the play.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Current in a Wire Problem
Determine the resistance of a wire based on its composition and its physical dimensions. Find the current that would flow through the wire when the wire is connected to a certain voltage.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Static Electricity: Electrostatics Landscapes
Students explore a virtual environment for exploring the electric potential surrounding a positive and negative source charge.