Curated OER
MIA Word Search Puzzle
In this literacy learning exercise, middle schoolers look for the words in the puzzle that are related to the theme of the word search. Spelling skills are worked on.
BBC
Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: What Is Electric Charge? Ocr 21 C
This lesson focuses on electric charges. Electric current is the flow of electric charge. Some insulating materials become electrically charged when they are rubbed together. A substance that gains electrons becomes negatively charged,...
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Physics/electricity & Magnetism
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...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Get Charged!
Students are introduced to the idea of electrical energy. They learn about the relationships between charge, voltage, current and resistance. They discover that electrical energy is the form of energy that powers most of their household...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Electric Current
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Explains what electric current and voltage are and why electric current occurs.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Current Electricity
Four complete lessons on current electricity in the study of physics. Lessons include informational text, interactive activities, animations, and quick, interactive comprehension checks.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Physical Science: Electricity and Magnetism
Students learn about static electricity using terms such as friction, induction, and conduction. They also explain and illustrate the difference between alternating and direct current, and understand the relationship among voltage,...
Physics4kids
Physics4kids: Electricity and Magnetism: Magnets
Here is the site to help you learn all about magnetism and magnets! Find out what a magnet is and how it works. Click for additional details on charges, conductors, magnetic fields, currents, resistance as well as the Laws of Faraday and...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Put a Spark in It! Electricity
Uncountable times every day "with the merest flick of a finger"each one of us calls on electricity to do our bidding. What would your life be like without electricity? Students begin learning about electricity with an introduction to the...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Physics 1: Electric Circuits
In this unit students discover the meaning and some applications of electric potential, commonly known as voltage, and how it powers some simple circuits.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Conservation of Charge Review
Review the conservation of charge and how charge is transferred in various scenarios.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: What Is an Electric Circuit?
In this tutorial the concept of electric potential difference is discussed. Electric potential is the amount of electric potential energy per unit of charge that would be possessed by a charged object if placed within an electric field...
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Electric Current
This tutorial introduces the concept of electric currents. Take the interactive quiz to assess your understanding.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Electricity: The Mouse Cheese Analogy
This page uses a mouse and cheese analogy to show the relationships involved in electricity through currents and charges. Among the topics covered by the analogy are voltage, resistance and electromagnetism.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Lights Out!
This instructional activity introduces the concept of electricity by asking students to imagine what their life would be like without electricity. Two main forms of electricity, static and current, are introduced. Students learn that...
Concord Consortium
Mobile Inquiry Technology: Decaying Batteries
This investigation has students investigating and measuring the decay of batteries as their electric charges are used up in circuits.
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: Electromagnets
This lesson plan contains several activities designed to help the student understand the magnetic effects of an electrical current.
Florida State University
Florida State University: Molecular Expressions: Magnetic Fields and Compass Orientation
Simulate the creation of an induced magnetic field through the use of a simple electric circuit. An interactive demonstration is included.
Other
Electricity: Simple Circuits
Create your own simple electric circuit. Using simple supplies build your own battery and investigate conductivity. You can also construct a crossword puzzle with electrical vocabulary words.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Force on an Electric Current in a Magnetic Field
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students learn how a magnetic field affects moving charged particles or an electric current carried by a wire.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Force Electric in a Box
Students must find the net force on one of the charges in a rectangular arrangement of charges.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Force Electric in a Triangle
Students must find the net force on one of the charges in a triangular arrangement of charges.
Hunkins Experiments
Hunkin's Experiments: Electric Shocks!!
Hunkin's Experiments is a group of simple cartoon illustrations of scientific principles. Some would work well in the classroom, but others have little value beyond entertaining students. All of the projects are easy to do. These...
Science4Fun
Science4 Fun: Resistors, Capacitors, and Inductors
Electric circuits are used to provide a path to electric current. They commonly use three basic electrical components, which are resistors, capacitors, and insulators. They affect the electric current and changes the behavior of the...