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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Hila Research Centre - Electronics 1

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Basically walk your early electronics techs through the vocabulary relating to an electronic circuit. Give them an LED light, a resistor, a battery, and some clips, then have them construct a simple circuit. Specific electronic equipment...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Electrical Battery

For Teachers K - 12th
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.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

History of the Battery

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students study the development of batteries. In this electrochemistry lesson, students compare the different types of batteries. They explore its applications especially in the medical field.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Holiday Lights and Circuits

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students create a simple circuit using batteries, wires, and light bulbs. In this circuits lesson plan, students learn the difference between a series circuit and a parallel circuit and connect it to holiday lights they use in their home.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Making a Battery and Energy Transformation

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders determine what makes a battery work. In this battery lesson, 7th graders brainstorm ideas about how they think batteries provide energy. They perform an experiment in which they work as a team to assemble a battery. They...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

How Smart are You about Electricity, Batteries and Conductors?

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
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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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Introduction to Elementary Circuits

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
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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Worksheet
Curated OER

Circuits and Symbols

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
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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Worksheet
Curated OER

Electricity and Magnetism

For Students 9th - 12th
For this electricity and magnetism worksheet, learners will answer 17 questions about how electrons flow, how electric motors work, and the function of a transformer.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Heat and Electrical Resistance

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students discover electrical resistance and how it is directly related to thermal energy through a hands-on activity. Working in groups, they wrap a wire around a thermometer and the positive and negative poles of a D cell battery and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Coin Battery

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students explore basic principles of electricity and create their own battery.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Electrical Energy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars compare and contrast a cell and a battery. In this physical science lesson, students explain how they create energy. They conduct an experiment to apply what they have learned in this lesson.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Battery Circuit

For Students 4th - 5th
In this circuit design worksheet, students follow the steps to create a battery circuit that lights up a globe. Students follow 3 steps.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

2010 Electricity

For Students 9th - 12th
In this electricity worksheet, students determine if the circuits shown are parallel or series, calculate the voltage, and the power used by the light bulbs. This worksheet has 11 problems to solve.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Electrons on the Move

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders study current electricity while constructing a simple electric circuit. They build a galvanic cell to examine the concepts of voltage, current and resistance.
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eBook
Chiral Publishing

Chiral Publishing: An Introduction to Chemistry: Voltaic Cells: Audio Book

For Students 9th - 10th
Listen and learn how the battery converts energy using voltaic cells. Learn how anodes and cathodes aid in oxidation and reduction. Discover how voltage and electrolysis direct the current.
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Interactive
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Circuit Construction Kit

For Students 9th - 10th
Build circuits with resistors, light bulbs, batteries, and switches. Take measurements with the realistic ammeter and voltmeter. View the circuit as a schematic diagram, or switch to a life-like view.
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Interactive
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Battery Resistor Circuit

For Students 9th - 10th
Look inside a resistor to see how it works. Increase the battery voltage to make more electrons flow through the resistor. Increase the resistance to block the flow of electrons. Watch the current and resistor temperature change. Java...
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Interactive
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Battery Voltage

For Students 9th - 10th
Look inside a battery to see how it works. Select the battery voltage and little stick figures move charges from one end of the battery to the other. A voltmeter tells you the resulting battery voltage. Java required.
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: A Battery That Makes Cents

For Students 3rd - 5th
Batteries are expensive to purchase in a store, but you can make one your self for exactly 24 cents. In this experiment, you will make your own voltaic pile using pennies and nickels and determine how many coins in a pile will make the...
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Article
Creative Science Centre

Creative Science Centre: Experiments With Homemade Batteries

For Students 9th - 10th
Simple homemade batteries are described that can be made from items found in the home or school lab. These experiments help students understand how to wire them up, the origin of current, voltage and power, as well as the chemistry that...
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Interactive
Language Guide

Language Guide: La Electronica

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Televisions, stereos, CDs, cameras, etc. come alive with colorful graphics and audio. Move your mouse over each image to hear the correct Spanish pronunciation.
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Interactive
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Magnets and Electromagnets

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the interactions between a compass and bar magnet. Discover how to use a battery and wire to make a magnet.
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Unit Plan
Other

The Blobz Guide to Electric Circuits

For Students 3rd - 8th
An exciting interactive site of games, activities, information, and quizzes about electric circuits. You'll learn what makes circuits work, all about conductors and insulators, switches, changing circuits, and circuit diagrams. Learning...