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Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Electron Current Flow

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A teacher lesson plan which could be easily converted into an idea for a student project or presentation. This page describes an activity in which the water-electricity analogy is used to investigate the relationship between current,...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: The Lightbulb Just Went On!

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders discover how electricity can be converted to light energy.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Learning the Science Behind Electricity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Following a PowerPoint lecture, young scholars will participate in a laboratory investigation where they dissect a disposable camera.
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SRI International

Performance Assessment Links in Science: Mystery Card 3

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Straightforward introduction to electrical circuits using minimal materials and time. Students learn about the basics of electrical circuits by experimenting with "mystery cards" -- index cards with hidden aluminum foil used to conduct...
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Earth's Energy

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
A hands-on instructional activity for helping students understand simple circuits, series circuits, and parallel circuits, and the differences between the three.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: How Does a Robot Work?

For Teachers 4th - 8th
This instructional activity introduces electricity, batteries and motors using a LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT robot. The associated activity guides students to build a simple LEGO NXT set-up and see the practical implementation of the concepts...
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Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Electrochemistry

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A teacher lesson plan which could be easily converted into an idea for a student project or presentation. This page describes activities in which the interconversion of chemical and electrical energy are investigated. Complete activity...
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Ornl: Teacher's Guide Superconductivity for High School Students

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site from the Human Genome Project provides a large collection of facts and information, demonstrations, experiments and project ideas. Written for teachers but easily adaptable for any type of student work. A good site to check out...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Getting the Lightbulb to Light Up

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students construct a simple electrical circuit using wires, batteries, and a lightbulb. From constructing a circuit the students will discover that when energy is produced there is heat.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mn Step: Why Placing Wires Correctly on a Light Bulb Is Important

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners will learn about simple electric circuits as they investigate the structure of a light bulb and how electricity flows through it.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Modeling Emf, Potential Difference, and Internal Resistance

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Interactive lecture discusses internal resistance which provides help to students in developing an accurate model.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Pet Tech: Locating Land Mines

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Research the location of land mines by animals and technological methods. Use a metallic probe to uncover the location of an electric-circuit target (representing a buried land mine) without setting off the "bomb".
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Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Ohm's Law

For Teachers 9th - 10th
For the teacher planning a lesson plan or for the student preparing for a project or presentation. This page describes a series of simple activities related to the voltage-current-resistance relationship.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Affairs of the Heart: Mirrored Movements

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Model endoscopic surgery by constructing and operating a tool that extends a person's grasping ability, explore dexterity skills using a basic electric circuit and then design and create an improved remote tool.
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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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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Batteries: Building an Electrolytic Cell

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this inquiry, students will attempt to build an electrolytic cell which will cause a bulb to turn on then diagram the set-up. Included in this lab, students will experience voltage, solve a problem using the Nernst equation, and...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating How to Create a Stronger Electromagnet

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson plan, students will investigate what they can do to produce a stronger electromagnet. Students will use the scientific thinking process to conduct investigations and build explanations. They will present their discoveries...

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