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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Arctic Ocean: What Are Conductors and Insulators?

For Students 4th - 6th
Visit Vlad and learn about the properties of conductors and insulators, and what materials are used for them.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Conductor or Insulator?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this investigation the students predict, experiment, and observe whether materials are insulators or conductors.
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Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science Underwater City: What Are Good and Poor Conductors of Heat?

For Students 3rd - 5th
John and Jessi are going underwater, and they need to stay warm. Help them learn about conductors of heat so they can stay warm.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Conductivity

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students make a simple conductivity tester using a battery and light bulb. They learn the difference between conductors and insulators of electrical energy as they test a variety of materials for their ability to conduct electricity.
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Handout
Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Conductors and Insulators

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Georgia State University provides information on the distinction between conductors and insulators. Factors contributing to the insulating ability of materials are discussed.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Physics for Kids: Electrical Conductors and Insulators

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about electrical conductors and insulators in the science of electricity and physics including materials, superconductors, and semiconductors.
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Interactive
BBC

Bbc Schools: Ks2 Bitesize: Science: Physical Processes: Electrical Conductors

For Students 3rd - 8th
A review of electrical conductors and insulators, with diagrams, activities, and quiz questions.
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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...
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Handout
Science4Fun

Science4 Fun: Conductors and Insulators

For Students 1st - 6th
Discover what materials make good conductors and insulators.
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Balloon Charging Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the behavior of electrons in conductors and insulators in this interactive simulation.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Circuit Conductors

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This unit builds on children's previous practical experience of making circuits and extends their understanding of circuits, conductors and insulators and the need for a complete circuit in order for a...
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Testing for Electrical Conductivity Using Materials

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this activity, students will understand that electricity moves through different circuits and discover what types of materials are conductors and insulators.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Will It Conduct?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students build their own simple conductivity tester and explore whether given solid materials and solutions are good conductors of electricity.
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Interactive
BBC

Bbc Schools: Ks2 Bitesize: Science: Materials: Keeping Warm

For Students 3rd - 8th
Easy-to-understand overviews, with illustrations, a game, and quiz questions, about thermal conductors and insulators.
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Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Static Electricity Review

For Students 9th - 10th
This review from the Glenbrook South High School provides a series of questions on various topics associated with static electricity (such as electrical insulation). Answers and explanations are hidden, yet easily accessed from within a...
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Lesson Plan
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Passing the Heat Along

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson plan explores the way heat passes--transfers--through various conductors.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Keeping Warm

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Through this unit children build their ideas about temperature as a measure of how hot or cold objects are and learn about thermal insulators as materials that can help to keep things warm or cool.
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Lesson Plan
ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Using Dance to Explore Electricity [Pdf]

For Teachers 5th
After analyzing examples of conductors and insulators, 5th graders will work in small groups to craft a dance that depicts an electrical current and how it is affected by a conductor or insulator. Students will present their dances to...
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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Go With the Flow

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students gain an understanding of the difference between electrical conductors and insulators, and experience recognizing a conductor by its material properties. In a hands-on activity, students build a conductivity tester to determine...
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Activity
Maryland Science Center

Maryland Science Center: Build a Conductivity Tester [Pdf]

For Students 4th - 6th
Instructions on how to build an instrument that can be used to test which materials are conductors and which are insulators, in order to bridge a gap in an electrical circuit.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Fourth Grade Science: Physical Science: Electric Current

For Students 4th - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Defines electric current and relates electric current to different materials (insulators and conductors).
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Semiconductors

For Students 9th - 10th
Semiconductors are the materials that make modern electronics work. Learn about the basic properties of intrinsic and extrinsic- or doped- semiconductors with several visualizations. Turn a silicon crystal into an insulator or a...
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Lesson Plan
TryEngineering

Try Engineering: The Power of Graphene

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this engineering instructional activity, students learn about nanotechnology, graphene, and its electrical properties and applications. Teams of students test graphene to determine whether it is an electrical conductor or insulator,...
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eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Thermal Physics: Rates of Heat Transfer

For Students 9th - 10th
Through illustrated examples and interactive examples, students investigate the topic of the rate of heat transfer.

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