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Activity
Teach Engineering

Building a Piezoelectric Generator

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In pairs, learners build a piezoelectric generator from readily available electric components in the second and final installment of the two-part series. Tapping the piezoelectric element produces enough electricity to light an LED....
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Activity
Exploratorium

Motor Effect

For Teachers 6th - 12th
The magnetic wire. Class members create a magnetic field by running electricity through a wire. The video included in the resource provides information on how this effect is used to make electrical motors.
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PPT
Urbana School District

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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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Power Lines

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
How does electricity travel through power lines? The simulation demonstrates the how changes in voltage and resistance are related to the distance between power polls and the thickness of the cable. Scholars control three variables in...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

AC Transformer

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
High voltage power lines deliver electricity to homes, but each home requires low voltage. How does the energy get converted so it can be used safely? Pupils explore alternating current and transformers through a simulation. They control...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Using Quotes to Explain Relationships: The Invention of the Electric Motor

For Teachers 5th Standards
Read it and read it again. Scholars do multiple reads of the text The Electric Motor. During the first pass, they read to discover the gist of the text. In the second, pupils use quotes from the article to explain the use of the electric...
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Assessment
Science Matters

Electricity and Magnetism Formative Assessment #1

For Students 4th
A formative assessment is a great tool for planning further instruction. The fifth lesson of a 14-part series exploring magnetism and electricity provides questions to gauge current understanding of magnetic fields, compasses, and forces...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Electricity: A Friend, a Foe

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students study what electricity can do and what some of the associated dangers are.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Read an Electric Meter

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore electricity. In this science lesson, 3rd graders discuss how electricity is transmitted and complete a worksheet in which they practice reading an electric meter.
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Unit Plan
Curated OER

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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Worksheet
Curated OER

Electric Eels

For Students 9th - 12th
In this electric eels instructional activity, students read about the special muscle cells called electroplaques found in electric eels. Then students complete 3 short answer questions.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Electric Current

For Students 9th - 12th
For this electric current worksheet, high schoolers review vocabulary words associated with electricity. Students understand how electricity is used in their lives every day. This worksheet has 12 fill in the blank questions.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Electricity

For Teachers 1st
First graders become aware of the presence of static electricity. They create static electricity using friction.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

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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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Electricity

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers watch instructor present demonstrations of the basic principles of static electricity, and then conduct some of their own experiments. In small groups, students build simple circuits, using batteries, to try to light up...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Electricity

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this electricity worksheet, students review electric charges and what types of materials can conduct electricity. This worksheet has 7 fill in the blank, 5 true or false, 3 multiple choice, and 5 short answer questions.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Static Electricity Experiment

For Students 3rd
In this electricity worksheet, 3rd graders read about static electricity before completing an experiment with a pen and a piece of wool cloth. They follow the steps to the experiment and record what happens along the way.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Products of an Electrical Engineer

For Teachers K
Students explore products made by an electrical engineer. For this engineering lesson, students complete two worksheets identifying products made by an electrical engineer.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Transmission of Electricity

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine why electricity is distributed at high voltage and the functions of transformers.  In this electromagnetism lesson plan students study at what frequency electricity is distributed. 
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Electricity Safety

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore electricity safety. In this science lesson plan, 3rd graders read a story about an electrical outage. Students discuss if various situations shown are safe or unsafe.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

How Powerful is Static Electricity

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students explore energy by participating in controlled electricity experiment. For this static electricity lesson, students identify the different sources that can create energy and how static electricity can be created very easily on...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Electrical Energy

For Students 6th - 12th
In this electrical energy worksheet, students will review currents and electrical circuits, including how electrical energy is measured. This worksheet has 6 words scrambles, 6 fill in the blank, 5 multiple choice, and 4 short answer...
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Interactive
Curated OER

Electrical Circuits

For Students 4th - 5th
In this electrical circuits worksheet, learners read a text and examine a diagram to learn the parts of a simple electric circuit. Students then answer 6 questions about electrical circuits. This is an online interactive worksheet.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Energy Conversion in Electricity – Resistors and Circuits

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students explore electrical energy. In this electricity lesson plan, students design and build a large circuit in order to determine whether circuit size correlates with the light of a bulb.

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