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Aurora Borealis
Pupils read background information about the Aurora Borealis and complete a science experiment based on the lights. In this Aurora Borealis lesson, students read information about the formation and background of the Aurora Borealis....
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Energy Conversion in Electricity – Resistors and Circuits
Students explore electrical energy. In this electricity lesson plan, students design and build a large circuit in order to determine whether circuit size correlates with the light of a bulb.
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Electromagnets
Learners improve their science skills by designing an experiment for the relationship between electricity and magnetism. In this science skills activity, students discuss the scientific method and use the given materials to complete an...
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Do the Research! Magnetism and Electricity
For this magnetism worksheet, learners research the topic of magnets and electricity before answering 4 short essay questions.
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You Light Up My House
Students explore renewable and nonrenewable resources. In this electricity lesson, students consider way to reduce the energy that they use as they chart and analyze their own electricity usage.
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Energy in the Home
In this energy use worksheet, students read about kilowatts and solve 2 problems. They find the costs to run certain electrical items for a given amount of time and they determine the electricity consumption of an accelerator that runs...
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What is electrical energy?
Students distinguish between items with and without energy. In this energy lesson, students understand that natural resources power electrical apparatus and that energy needs to be saved.
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A Simple Circuit
In this circuit components worksheet, students cut out the pictures of the circuit components. Students paste the pictures to create a simple circuit and label the pictures.
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Circuit Diagrams
In this circuit diagram worksheet, students study the various symbols for the circuit symbols and how to make a circuit diagram. Students then label the diagram with the 5 symbols.
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Static Electricity Experiment
In this electricity worksheet, 3rd graders read about static electricity before completing an experiment with a pen and a piece of wool cloth. They follow the steps to the experiment and record what happens along the way.
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How Smart are You about Electricity, Batteries and Conductors?
Students create working circuits. In this electricity and circuits lesson, students make a battery, then build a flashlight and use part of the flashlight to create a conductivity tester.
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Introduction to Elementary Circuits
Students explore how a circuit works and create a circuit to use energy from a battery to light a bulb. In this introduction to circuits lesson, the students study the parts of a circuit and have a class discussion of what would happen...
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Circuits and Conductors
Fourth graders investigate the concepts of circuits and conductors. In this circuits and conductors lesson set, 4th graders watch demonstrations of circuits and look at images to identify whether they are complete circuits. They test...
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Using Electricity
In this electricity worksheet, students study the circuit diagram color the light bulb yellow and tick the box if they think there is electricity for that example. Students cross out the boxes with no electricity current.
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Inventions, Puppets, and Commercials
Fourth graders invent a product and present it to the class. In this inventions lesson plan, 4th graders get into groups and have to come up with an invention. They also advertise by writing a television commercial with a script and part...
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Is it Ionic?
In this ionic compounds worksheet, students are given clues about compounds such as their physical and chemical properties in order to determine if they are ionic compounds. Students indicate which compounds are ionic and which are not.
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Circuits and Symbols
In this circuits worksheet, students read about the symbols used in drawing circuit diagrams and then complete 16 matching, 2 multiple choice, and 4 short answer questions.
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Electric Eels
In this electric eels instructional activity, students read about the special muscle cells called electroplaques found in electric eels. Then students complete 3 short answer questions.
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Light Bulbs Save Energy
Students read a story called New Bulbs Provide More Light, Save Energyand answer vocabulary and comprehension questions about it. In this current events energy saving light bulb lesson plan, students respond to literature by answering...
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Electricity Word Search
In this earth science learning exercise, students find 16 words associated with electricity hidden in a word search puzzle. They write the words on the back of the learning exercise.
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Electricity Cloze Activity
In this earth science activity, learners fill in the missing words in an electricity cloze activity. They write the words on the blank lines in 10 statements.
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Electricity Cloze
In this earth science worksheet, students fill in the missing words in 10 sentences about electricity. They use the electricity words that are shown in a word bank at the bottom of the page.
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Does It Conduct Electricity? Recording Sheet
In this science worksheet, learners test objects to see if they conduct electricity. They name the object, record what it is made of, predict if it is a conductor, and record the answer of the test.
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Electricity Word Search (2)
In this science worksheet, students locate 16 words that are associated with electricity. They find the words that are listed in a word bank at the bottom of the page.