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Handout
eSchool Today

E School Today: Electricity

For Students 4th - 8th
Explore current electricity and different types of electric circuits.
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Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: Why Do Citrus Fruits Conduct Electricity?

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover what it is about citrus fruits that enable them to conduct electricity, then make your own citrus fruit battery using the instructions given here.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Circuit Elements of a Simple Defibrillator

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a five-question quiz related to circuit elements of a simple defibrillator.
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Dc Circuits: Series Resistances (Sparks 1)

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive simulation guides you through the wiring of the standard breadboard and presents you with questions regarding voltage drops and currents in series resistive circuits.
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Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Troubleshooting Dc Circuits (Sparks 4)

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover a sequence of all-resistor DC circuits in which one of the resistors is either open or short-circuited.
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Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Dc Circuits: Series Parallel Resistances (Sparks 3)

For Students 9th - 10th
Answer questions regarding voltage drops across resistors and currents through them in such circuits. Practice calculating the effective resistances of a set of resistances in series and parallel.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Calculations From Circuit Diagrams

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice calculating potential difference, resistance, and current for a component from a circuit diagram.
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Unit Plan
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Electricity (Intermediate)

For Students 5th - 7th
Explore how electricity works in this module. (Requires Java)
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eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Electrical Engineering: Amplifiers

For Students 9th - 10th
Amplifiers make signals bigger. Amplification is often the most basic operation of an electronic circuit. There are many kinds of amplifier designs. We will describe the operational amplifier, the building block of most analog electronics.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Electric Potential Difference and Ohm's Law Review

For Students 9th - 10th
Review the key terms, equations, and skills related to Ohm's law, including how electric potential difference, current, and resistance are related.
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Which Materials Are the Best Conductors?

For Students 3rd - 5th
There are two main types of materials when it comes to electricity, conductors, and insulators. What are they made of? Find out by testing different materials in a circuit to see which ones conduct the most electricity.
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Project Ideas: Which Materials Are the Best Conductors?

For Students 9th - 10th
A simple science fair project to test whether electricity can flow between two things. The Science Buddies project ideas are set up consistently beginning with an abstract, objective, and introduction, followed by a section on terms,...
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Online Course
Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Physics Ii: Electricity and Magnetism

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of video lectures from a fundamentals of physics course taught at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The course is the second in the sequence and focuses on electricity and magnetism The videos feature topics on...
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Activity
Interactive Mathematics

Interactive Mathematics: Differential Equations & Rc Circuits

For Students 9th - 10th
Differential equations are applied in solving problems involving electricity and RC circuits. Several examples are provided to allow you to practice applying the concept.
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Online Course
Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Basic Electrical Technology

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of video lectures from a course introducing students to the basic concepts of electrical technology. Webpage includes thirty-nine lectures from a professor at the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning. Lectures...
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Unit Plan
Learn AP Physics

Learn Ap Physics: Physics B: Circuits

For Students 9th - 10th
A site dedicated to help students prepare for the AP Physics B test. This specific site reviews circuits including current, resistance, power, Ohm's law, batteries, DC circuits, transformers, and car coils. Site contains links to video...
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Electric Circuits Guided Inquiry

For Teachers 6th - 8th
An electrical circuit guided inquiry where students investigate what an electric circuit is, the main parts of a circuit and the difference between series and parallel circuits. Students groups create a circuit using materials provided...
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Unit Plan
BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Electric Circuits Aqa

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on Electrical circuits including standard symbols for electrical components, a list of components and what they do, a discussion of various types of resistors, and alternating current and direct current. Links to a...
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Handout
American Association of Physics Teachers

Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Rc Circuit Model

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An electrical circuit simulation modeling the behavior of a voltage source attached in a series to a resistor and capacitor.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Magnets and Electricity: Creating Magnetism With Electricity

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students will work in small groups to design at least one complete circuit using multiple materials. They will record their observations of how they created an electrical circuit using diagrams and notes in their journals. Using a...
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigate Electric Circuits Through Construction and Illustration

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this physics lesson 4th grade students investigate electrical circuits in greater depth than the FOSS unit used in a prior grade in school. Students become familiar with a computer simulation allowing them greater choices of materials...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Energy Transfer in Electric Circuits

For Students 10th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students learn about the economic importance of calculating energy consumption, and are introduced to the equations used for measuring the electricity in an electric...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Combined Series Parallel Circuits

For Students 10th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Presents methods for solving electrical circuit problems where there is a combination of series and parallel circuit features.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Introduction to Electricity by Creating a Light Up Quiz Board

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, young scholars will learn how to create a simple circuit. They will create a matching quiz board that will light up when the correct pair is selected using electricity vocabulary from the text.

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