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Lesson Plan
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Electric Currents and Circuits

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This cooperative learning activity for intermediate to junior high students has them create various electrical circuits in order to understand electricity.
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Activity
Technovation

Curiosity Machine: Challenges: Engineer an Electric Switch

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Using your knowledge of the flow of electricity, do you think you could build a switch that can complete a circuit to turn on an LED? This site contains the challenge, tips, a lesson plan, and a place for students to document their...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Science Kids: Science Images: Electricity Circuit Diagram

For Students 9th - 10th
This basic electricity circuit diagram shows a resistor and ammeter in series, a voltmeter in parallel and a switch with a cell for charging purposes.
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Handout
Intel Corporation

Intel Education: Circuits and Switches

For Students 9th - 10th
By comparing household electricity to household plumbing, this tutorial makes the concepts of electricity easier to understand. Includes video clips and interactive activities; click on "Instructional Strategies" for teacher resources...
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Kids Science: Electricity 101

For Students 1st - 9th
Kid's learn about the basic science of electricity. What is it and how it works.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Circuits and Magnetic Fields

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students use the same method as in the activity from lesson 2 to explore the magnetism due to electric current instead of a permanent magnet. Students use a compass and circuit to trace the magnetic field lines induced...
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Lesson Plan
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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eBook
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: How Do Breadboards Work?

For Students 9th - 10th
See how a breadboard electrical circuit works.
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physics Simulation: Flashlight

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn about electric circuits, the flow of current, electrical resistance, and electrical power dissipation by exploring the operation of a flashlight using this interactive simulation. A PDF worksheet...
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Handout
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Wheatstone Bridge 1843

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the device used for measuring resistance in a circuit which was discovered in 1843, but had been invented a decade earlier. The inventor's name was not Wheatstone.
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Activity
Science Museum, London

Science Museum: Robot Bugs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Build a robot and watch how it moves. Activity is designed to help students learn how electrical circuits and switches control how things move.
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Lesson Plan
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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Article
Famous Scientists

Famous Scientists: Gustav Kirchoff

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about the life and work of Gustav Kirchoff, who made contributions to the fundamental understanding of black-body radiation emitted by heated objects, spectroscopy, and electrical circuits.
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Activity
Maryland Science Center

Maryland Science Center: Build a Conductivity Tester [Pdf]

For Students 4th - 6th
Instructions on how to build an instrument that can be used to test which materials are conductors and which are insulators, in order to bridge a gap in an electrical circuit.
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Interactive
Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Schematic Symbol Identification

For Students 9th - 10th
This game is designed to help students learn the names of some of the schematic symbols they will encounter in electric circuit diagrams.
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Dance Mania: Build Your Own Dance Pad!

For Students 3rd - 8th
The objective of this electricity and electronics science fair project is to build a dance pad that flashes lights when you step on it.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Dc Circuit and Electrical Power Review

For Students 9th - 10th
Review the components of a circuit and their symbols such as battery, resistor, and switch. Analyze how the power of a resistor is related to the current and electric potential difference across the resistor.
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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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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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Handout
Science4Fun

Science4 Fun: Electronic Circuit

For Students 1st - 6th
What is an electronic circuit? Resource provides a discussion of series, parallel, and series-parallel circuits plus more.
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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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