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Unit Plan
Vision Learning

Visionlearning: Physics: Light Ii: Electromagnetism

For Students 9th - 10th
Instructional module focusing on light and electromagnetism. Discussion includes historical discoveries that led to the understanding of the electromagnetic spectrum. Site also includes an interactive practice quiz and links relating to...
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Activity
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Physics/electricity & Magnetism

For Students 9th - 10th
Exploratorium Science Snacks are miniature science exhibits and experiments that can be made with common, inexpensive, easily available materials. These electricity snacks represent a set of devices that you can build and experiment with...
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Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Courses: Physics: Electricity and Magnetism

For Students 9th - 10th
College-level physics course highlighting electromagnetism. This course also includes a wide variety of other physics topics including lightning, electrocardiograms, metal detectors, and atom smashers, to name a few. Course includes a...
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Magnetism and Electromagnetism

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive learning module, students learn about the basic properties of magnetism. Practice problems are provided for ongoing assessment.
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Unit Plan
Utah State Office of Education

Utah Science: The Mysterious Force

For Students 3rd - 8th
There is a secret mysterious force in your home right this very moment! Try these activities to first identify that force and then extend your knowledge of the force by investigating the other activities provided.
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids:activities and Videos: Electricity

For Students 3rd - 8th
This PBS site offers videos and activities are hands-on challenges that focus on the engineering design process. They use simple materials, allow for multiple solutions, and are ideal for ages 9-12.
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Heat and Light From Electricity

For Students 6th - 8th
Understand the energy transformations that happens when you light a bulb with a battery. Activity requires students to build a simple circuit and take temperature and time measurements. Lab includes procedure with questions that can be...
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Lesson Plan
The Wonder of Science

The Wonder of Science: 3 Ps2 3: Electric and Magnetic Forces

For Students 3rd - 4th
Learn about cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.
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Unit Plan
Utah State Office of Education

Utah Science: Magnetized

For Students 2nd - 7th
A unit all about magnets! Explore magnetic forces, types of magnets, and more through these informative activities.
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: How Electrons Move

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of interactive activities and games to explore how electric fields and magnetic fields move electrons and charged particles in directions that can be planned. Understand that knowing how to control the movement of electrons...
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Handout
National Academy of Engineering

Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th Century: Electrification

For Students 9th - 10th
Learners explore electrification in the 20th century. Some topics investigated are rural electrification, power generators, and direct current (DC). The resource consists of historical information, a timeline, and a personal essay by a...
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Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Supplemental Resources: Continuum Electromechanics

For Teachers 9th - 10th
College-level electrical engineering and computer science textbook highlighting the applications of continuum electromechanics.
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Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Supplemental Resources: Electromechanical Dynamics

For Teachers 9th - 10th
College-level textbook highlighting the interaction of electromagnetic fields with media in motion. Types of electromechanical interactions discussed include rotating machinery, plasma dynamics, the electromechanics of biological...
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Handout
Energy for Sustainable Development

Esd Bulgaria: Kids & Energy: Electricity

For Students 3rd - 8th
Electricity is the flow of electrical power or charge. It is a secondary energy source which means that we get it from the conversion of other sources of energy, like coal, natural gas, oil, nuclear power and other natural sources, which...
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Online Course
University of Kentucky

Virtual Workshop: The Course on Electricity & Magnetism

For Teachers 9th - 10th
On line course on Electricity and Magnetism for graduate credit or professional development, that emphasizes hands on activities you can use in your classroom.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: You'll Get a Charge Out of This!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity, students make a battery using different fruits and vegetables, a copper penny, and a zinc washer. They use a voltage probe to collect data on voltage and compare the values of different batteries.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Can a Lemon Power a Light Bulb

For Teachers 9th - 10th
You will learn about a voltaic battery and to see if it's powerful enough to light up a light bulb
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: The Magnetic Field in a Slinky

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students use a Magnetic Field Sensor to measure the magnetic field and the current in a solenoid. They explore factors that affect the magnetic field, study how the field varies in parts of the solenoid, and determine the permeability...
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Magnets and Electricity: Creating Magnetism With Electricity

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students will work in small groups to design at least one complete circuit using multiple materials. They will record their observations of how they created an electrical circuit using diagrams and notes in their journals. Using a...
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Magnetism: What Are Magnets and Why Do They Attract or Repel

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this magnetism activity, learners investigate why magnets attract certain objects and how the magnets can attract or repel each other by participating in a classroom activity. Students will observe, question, and investigate how the...
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Electricity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this interactive activity, young scholars will explore electricity and be able to design and create a complete electrical circuit. Students will also learn what is necessary to light a light bulb. Creative thought, ideas, and,...
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Lesson Plan
TryEngineering

Try Engineering: Flashlights and Batteries

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students work in teams to explore how a flashlight works. This activity examines the topics of batteries, electron flow, circuit systems, switches, and bulbs.
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Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

Jefferson Lab: Reading Passages: Charges and Electricity

For Students 9th - 10th
Read and fill in the blanks of this passage explaining charges and electricity. Each blank has a dropdown menu with choices. When you finish, click CHECK MY ANSWERS. If you pick a wrong answer, the right answer will be displayed along...
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Handout
PBS

Pbs: Who Made America?: Innovators: Samuel Insull

For Students 9th - 10th
This British-born businessman made cheap public utilities a reality for Americans, bringing them electricity and an improved quality of life.