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Handout
PBS

Pbs: Tesla Inside the Lab the Tesla Coil

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the PBS companion site to a video about Tesla. This particular page reviews Tesla's accomplishments and follows the events of his life that prove to be both tragic and inspiring. This comprehensive resource provides powerful...
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Website
PBS

Pbs: Tesla Inside the Lab the Tesla Coil

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the PBS companion site to a video about Tesla. This particular page reviews Tesla's most notable invention, the Tesla coil. It's components are described as well as their general uses.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Lifter (Ehd Thrusters)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students teams each assemble a wing component of a lifter with the goal to test the lifter wing and measure the force exerted when high voltage is applied to it. After an introduction to torque and its use to measure force, students...
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Activity
University of Virginia

Uva Virtual Lab: Resistors and Capacitors and High Voltage

For Students 9th - 10th
In this simulation a battery will be used to charge a capacitor. The capacitor will then be used to operate a light bulb until the capacitor is discharged.