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Design Project: Voltmeter

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this physics worksheet, students design and build a multi-range voltmeter. They answer 3 short answer problems about the device.
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Flowing Electrons

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners act out different types of circuits, and create their own circuits using wire, a bulb, a battery and a switch.
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Design Project: Stepper Motor Driver

For Students Higher Ed
In this electronics worksheet, students design and build a stepper motor drive circuit. They answer 1 short answer question about the design.
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Orienting a Photovoltaic Cell

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the optimum angle for orienting a solar collector relative to the rays of incoming sunlight. They review equinoxes, solstices, and various locational ideas before students investigate using meters, light sources, and...
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Basic Circuits

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils explain the difference between a closed circuit and an open circuit. They construct simple to more complicated series and parallel circuits. They explain the difference between a series and parallel circuit.
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Organizer
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Saving on Lighting Energy Activity

For Students 6th - 9th
In this saving energy activity, students compare and contrast the effectiveness of compact fluorescent lighting, incandescent light bulbs, and light emitting diodes.
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Design Project: Power Inverter

For Students Higher Ed
In this physics worksheet, students design and build a power inverter given a schematic diagram. They answer 3 short answer questions about the circuit they created.
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Fun With Electromagnets

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders construct their own electromagnet out of copper and nails. They discover what objects could be used for magnets. Finally, 5th graders discuss how electric currents are formed.
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Make a Battery From a Lemon

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders construct a voltaic battery. They change chemical energy into electrical energy by inserting copper wire into a lemon. They discover the tingle of the wire on their tongue is due to the movement of electrons.
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WAVES AND PHOTONS

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the many types of electromagnetic waves, the concept of an EM wave, how James Clerk Maxwell proposed a slight modification of the equations of electricity, Heinrich Hertz and his radio-frequency, wavelengths, and light...
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Resistance in a Wire

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students find the constant of proportionality and apply it to a situation. They use the electrical resistance in a wire as a context for finding the constant of proportionality. In addition, they write an explanation and justification of...
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Series and Parallel Circuits

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore the differences between a parallel and a series circuit.In this current lesson students complete several experiments using a light bulb.
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Electricity and Ohm's Law Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils investigate the concept of Ohm's Law and how it is used when finding a solution to an equation. They use properties of equality in order to find the solution for the variable. Students also apply a formula to real life problems...
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First You See It, Then You Hear It

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Light and sound go hand in hand. Pupils set up a system that will emit sound when a laser is directed at a photodiode. Various objects, such as a comb and talcum powder, allow for modulation of the laser beam. Individuals also...
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Science Matters

Post-Assessment Energy

For Teachers 6th Standards
After nine lessons and activities about energy, here is the final assessment. The 20-questions include multiple choice, multiple choice with justification, short answer, answer analysis, and labeling diagrams to challenge learners.
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The Temperature Effect

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
How temperature affects the efficiency of a solar panel is the focus of the third in a series of eight resources that presents how engineers are able to control the temperatures of photovoltaic panels. Class members find out how the...
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Advanced Critical Reading: Biomimetics

For Students 8th - 11th
Instruct your class on biomimetics while practicing reading comprehension with this worksheet. Learners read a passage that describes the efforts of scientists, starting with Leonardo da Vinci, to emulate nature to solve issues in...
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How a Coal Power Station Works

For Students 11th
For this how a coal power station works worksheet, 11th graders read 5 sentences, sut them out, put them in correct order and glue them, with the title,  into a notebook.
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Magneto-hydrodynamic Drives

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine how electric and magnetic fields can be used to force water out of a chamber to move a vehicle forward.
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Generation of Action Potentials in Nitella Giant Algal Cells

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students observe cytoplasmic streaming in Nitella cells. They examine the conduction of a wave of depolarization across other membranes, such as the axons of neurons. Students predict the effects of sending a small electric current...
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Electromagnetism

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students explore the generation of magnetic fields from currents in wires and measure the magnetic field directions. They measure magnetic fields in their own environment. They also examine how moving magnetic fields can create currents.
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Types of Circuits and Ohm's Law

For Students 9th - 12th
In this circuits an Ohm's Law learning exercise, students read about the differences between series and parallel circuits. They are given Ohm's Law and the definitions of current, voltage and resistance. Students match variables with...
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AC Waveforms

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this AC waveforms worksheet, students answer ten questions about AC voltage, frequencies of waveforms and they interpret diagrams of AC voltage.
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Electrolysis

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students conduct a series of experiments on water electrolysis. For this chemistry lesson, students explain what happens to the molecules during the process. They cite real world applications of electrolysis.

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