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Conductors, Insulators, and Semiconductors

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers will investigate the differences in conductivity of materials, design a variety of complete circuits, and observe the differences between the manner in which light is produced in an incandescent light bulb and an LED.
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Electrostatics

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Why did lightning shock the man? Because it didn't know how to conduct itself. Presentation covers electric charges, insulators, conductors, electroscopes, lightning, generators, grounding, static electricity, and more. Presentation is...
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Magnetism and Electromagnetism

For Teachers 7th - 8th Standards
The biggest magnet in the world is at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico and can reach 100 tesla. By comparison, magnets that lift cars are about two tesla. The 11th presentation in this series covers magnetism, focusing on...
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Electric Charges and Current

For Teachers 7th - 8th Standards
Resistance is not futile, it is voltage divided by current. The presentation goes in depth covering electric charges, conductors, insulators, electric fields, static charges, and circuits. The lesson is the 12th in a series of 26.
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Simple Circuit

For Students 4th - 6th
In this circuits activity, students follow directions on how to make a light bulb light and answer questions about it. Students answer 1 question about an insulator and 1 about a conductor.
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Transfer of Thermal Energy

For Students 7th - 12th
In this thermal energy worksheet, learners will explore different ways heat is transferred including conduction and convection. Students will look at how insulators work and how room temperature can affect heat transfer. This worksheet...
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Applied Science - Physics Lab

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students investigate electricity. In this Physics lesson, students experiment with insulators and conductors of electricity. Students use batteries as the energy source for the experiment.
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Three Little Pigs and Heat Transfer

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students use the Internet to research the ancient practices of building structures and to help them recognize what building materials serve as good conductors and insulators of heat. They build a structure using straw bale walls.
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Highways and Stop Signs

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate conductors and insulators and distinguish between the two. They utilize the digital camera and other forms of technology to create a study guide on conductors to help students develop sound knowledge.
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Electricity

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Twenty-one slides cover all aspects of electricity; from electric charge, to protons, lightning, currents, the calculations for wire resistance, circuits, household devices, and fluorescence.  The amount of detail and the range of topics...
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Switcheroo

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students construct a simple switch and determine what objects and what types of materials can be used to close a switch in a circuit and light a light bulb.
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Circuits and Conductors

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students explore electricity by completing Internet activities.  In this physical science lesson, students identify an electric circuit and describe the characteristics of conductors, giving examples as well.  Students collaborate in...
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Matching Circuit

For Students 9th - 12th
For this circuits worksheet, students answer 16 questions about matching circuits and how they are constructed. They answer questions about insulators and conductors and complete and incomplete circuits. They also answer questions about...
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Interactive Notes-"Electricity"

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars explore electricity.  In this interactive electricity lesson, students create static electricity with balloons, observe the rate at which ice melts to identify conductors and insulators, and create a static charge. ...
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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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Electricity: Will It Conduct?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students build conductivity testers and investigate which solids and solutions conduct electricity. Working in groups, they predict which items will conduct electricity and record their answers on worksheets.
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Conductivity

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars work together to create a simple conductivity tester. They discover the difference between conductors and insulators. They test different types of materials for their conductivity as well.
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Introduction to Electricity

For Teachers 1st
Students experiment with static electricity and make their own electrical circuits. Students experiment with their circuits to explore conductors and insulators. Students identify Thomas Edison as the person who invented the electric bulb.
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Electricity Layered Curriculum

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students describe how electric charges exert forces on each other as well as compare the strengths of electric and gravitational forces. They distinguish between conductors and insulators. In addition, students examine voltage and...
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Power: Work and Energy

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students explore how work and energy create power. They complete activities involving simple machines, energy, energy conversion, and the role of conductors and insulators. They choose from a menu of options the activities they would...
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Electric Gameboards

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore the properties of electricity.  In this electricity lesson, students construct an electric game board circuit using their knowledge of a series electrical circuit. Students develop game ideas based on current curriculum,...
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Adobe

For Students 5th - 8th
In this adobe worksheet, students read about adobe soil and how it was used for building because of its insulating properties. Students complete 3 short answer questions.
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How Hot Is It?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Discuss the difference between conduction, convection and radiation of thermal energy, and complete activities with your class by investigating the difference between temperature, thermal energy and the heat capacity of different materials.
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Electrical Safety

For Teachers 5th - 11th
A summary of electric charge and its flow along a conductor starts this PowerPoint. The differences between batteries and supply from a power station are detailed and a group of slides that ask questions of your students and then give...

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