Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: How Do Balloons Interact When Rubbed Together?
Students investigate how two balloons interact with objects and each other when rubbed with a wool cloth. The students will also develop new testable questions and perform experiments to further their learning.
Other
University of Delware: Franklin and Friends
Using historically significant documents and photos from its collection, this exhibit probes the various interests of Franklin and the influential friends that shared his interests.
Other
K 3 Learning Pages: Web Resources Thunderstorms
Check out this comprehensive list of web resources on thunderstorms and safety. Students and teachers will benefit from the links found on this site.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Modulated Coil
Can you hear a magnet? In this activity you will be able to transfer the sound from your iPhone, iPod or radio to a cassette-tape player.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Aluminum Air Battery
Create a battery that is strong enough to power a light or a small motor in this activity. Activity uses simple materials such as: aluminum foil, salt water, and charcoal to make this battery.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Hand Battery
In this activity students will create a battery by placing their hands on two different metal plates.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Sliding Light: How to Make a Dimmer Switch With a Pencil
In this electronics science fair project, students will make a simple dimmer switch and investigate the relationship between the resistance in the circuit and the amount of light produced. The Science Buddies project ideas are set up...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Software Engineering for Web Applications
This course gives students some experience in dealing with the challenges that are unique to web applications, such as concurrency and security risks.
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Robert Millikan
Robert Andrews Millikan was a prominent American physicist who made lasting contributions to both pure science and science education. He is particularly well known for his highly accurate determination of the charge of an electron via...
MadSci Network
Mad Scientist Network: Nonproduction of Oxygen
From the Mad Scientist Network, this page (and its accompanying answer page) use a question and answer format to help explain the results of an electrolysis of water experiment. Helpful tips for performing such an experiment are given.
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: Electrostatics
From the Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement project at the Illinois Institute of Technology. A teacher lesson plan which includes several Van de Graaff generator demonstrations and some station-style labs....
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Saltwater Tester
Explore circuits and the flow of electricity. Create a saltwater tester using a battery and electrical buzzer.
Smithsonian Institution
Lemelson Center: Spark!lab: Build a Speaker
Learn how to build your very own speaker with items usually found around the house. Follow step-by-step instructions and discover how to use your speaker to listen to the radio.
University of California
University of California: 1895 1923 Mrs. Ayrton
This article, "Reminiscences written by A. P. Trotter, President of The Institution of Electrical Engineers," recounts the author's appreciation for the work of Mrs. Hertha Ayrton, a brilliant experimental scientist who made significant...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Circuit Conductors
[Free Registration/Login Required] This unit builds on children's previous practical experience of making circuits and extends their understanding of circuits, conductors and insulators and the need for a complete circuit in order for a...
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: James Joule
James Prescott Joule experimented with engines, electricity and heat throughout his life. Joule's findings resulted in his development of the mechanical theory of heat and Joule's law, which quantitatively describes the rate at which...
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Joseph Henry
Joseph Henry was an American scientist who pioneered the construction of strong, practical electromagnets and built one of the first electromagnetic motors. During his experiments with electromagnetism, Henry discovered the property of...
Smithsonian Institution
Lemelson Centre: Spark!lab: Make Your Own Wind Turbine
A wind turbine is a machine that captures the force of the wind to produce electricity. Learn how to make a wind turbine as a student or as a teacher. An experiment can be downloaded.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Introduction to C++
This MIT course presents the C++ programming language to students that have little or no programming experience.
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Torsion Balance
Experiment with the torsion balance and see what happens first by giving the rod a charge, and then by moving the charged rod closer to the outer metal sphere of the instrument. Observe what happens to the needle as the charge increases.
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: John Daniel Kraus
For a man whose career involved the entire known universe, John Kraus had a remarkably insular upbringing. He was born and raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and earned his bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in physics, all at the...
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Karl Alexander Muller
In their search for new superconductors, Swiss theoretical physicist Karl Alexander Muller and his young colleague, J. Georg Bednorz, abandoned the metal alloys typically used in superconductivity research in favor of a class of oxides...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Dams
Through eight lessons, students are introduced to many facets of dams, including their basic components, the common types (all designed to resist strong forces), their primary benefits (electricity generation, water supply, flood...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Hhmi: Biointeractive: The Virtual Neurophysiology Lab
Investigate the nervous system by looking at nerve cells in this virtual lab. This lab exercise allows students to experience a virtual dissection of a leech to use electronic equipment to explore the electrical activity of nerve cells....