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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Iceland: What Is Electricity?

For Students 4th - 6th
Go on a fishing trip with Martin and his grandfather. They use a lot of electrical equipment. Help him find out which items use electricity.
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Inuit Village: How Can We Use Electricity Safely?

For Students 4th - 6th
Visit Adlet in the Inuit village, and help her find out how she can use electricity safely.
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Vikings: What Is an Electric Circuit?

For Students 4th - 6th
The god of thunder, Thor, controls thunder and lightning. Let's ask Thor about electric circuits.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Put a Spark in It! Electricity

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Uncountable times every day "with the merest flick of a finger"each one of us calls on electricity to do our bidding. What would your life be like without electricity? Students begin learning about electricity with an introduction to the...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: The Electric and Magnetic Personalities of Mr. Maxwell

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars are briefly introduced to Maxwell's equations and their significance to phenomena associated with electricity and magnetism. Basic concepts such as current, electricity and field lines are covered and reinforced. Through...
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Handout
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Wilhelm Weber

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out more about German physicist Wilhelm Weber, who developed and enhanced a variety of devices for sensitively detecting and measuring magnetic fields and electrical currents.
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Thinkport Education

Thinkport: Analyzing Data Sources and Author's Purpose: Electric Currents

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this science-themed literacy lesson, students learn how to determine the author's purpose and follow the development of that purpose.
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Handout
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Timeline of Electricity and Magnetism: 1820 1829

For Students 9th - 10th
Hans Christian Orsted's accidental discovery that an electrical current moves a compass needle rocks the scientific world; a spate of experiments follows, immediately leading to the first electromagnet and electric motor.
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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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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Saltwater Circuit

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students build a saltwater circuit, which is an electrical circuit that uses saltwater as part of the circuit. Students investigate the conductivity of saltwater, and develop an understanding of how the amount of salt in a solution...
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Physical Quantities and Units

For Students 9th - 10th
Giving numerical values for physical quantities and equations for physical principles allows us to understand nature much more deeply than does qualitative description alone. To comprehend these vast ranges, we must also have accepted...
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Website
Other

Articles About "Electricity": New Explanations, Alternate Mental Toolkit

For Students 9th - 10th
This highly informative site contains many resources and articles on electricity. A wealth of information about electricity can be found. This site also contains many FAQ's.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Electrons on the Move

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students learn about current electricity and necessary conditions for the existence of an electric current. Students construct a simple electric circuit and a galvanic cell to help them understand voltage, current and resistance.
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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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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Current, Resistance, and Power

For Students 9th - 10th
Learners investigate current, resistance, and power. Some topics explored in the activities are Ohm's law, electrical power, and solving circuits. The resource consists of video clips, lecture notes, online textbook chapters, exam...
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Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physics: Electrical Systems Study Guide

For Students 6th - 9th
A study guide covering electrical systems.
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Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Electricity (Intermediate)

For Students 5th - 7th
Explore how electricity works in this module. (Requires Java)
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Activity
Science Museum, London

Science Museum: Pocket Motor

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Teacher directed activity shows students how flowing electrical current produces a magnetic field by building a simple motor.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Completing the Circuit

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In the everyday electrical devices we use - calculators, remote controls and cell phones - a voltage source such as a battery is required to close the circuit and operate the device. In this hands-on activity, students use a battery,...
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Interactive
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Wheatstone Bridge

For Students 9th - 10th
This circuit is most commonly used to determine the value of an unknown resistance to an electrical current.
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Article
Famous Scientists

Famous Scientists: Georg Ohm

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about the German physicist and mathematician whose work in the field of electrical current shaped the study of electricity.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Electric Conductors and Insulators

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Explores electrical conductors and insulators and the path of least resistance.
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South Carolina Educational Television

Know It All: Understanding Electricity | Nasa Online

For Students 3rd - 5th
If you want to understand electricity, you first need to know a little about matter, atoms and electrons.

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