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Circuit Breakers
Fifth graders build a circuit breaker and examine its function within a circuit.
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Household Electricity
Practice reading an analogue meter in this PowerPoint about energy consumption. The equations connecting voltage and current, work force, and distance are given. Then household energy consumption is described. The slides will prompt much...
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V, R, and I in Parallel Circuit
In this V, R, and I in parallel circuits worksheet, learners calculate the total current, total voltage, and total resistance. Students match the correct term with the correct definition. Learners also label several diagrams of series...
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V, R, and I in Parallel Circuits
In this parallel circuits activity, students learn parallel circuits basics and determine how to calculate total resistance and total current. This activity has 6 matching and 15 problems to solve.
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Design Project: AC-DC Power Supply
In this electrical circuit worksheet, high schoolers answer 5 open ended questions about the design and safety of an AC-DC power supply.
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Design Project: Dual-Output AC-DC Power Supply
In this physics worksheet, students design an electric power supply and answer 5 short answer questions about it. They explain the functions of the different circuit components.
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Overcurrent Protection
For this electrical worksheet, learners answer a series of 13 open-ended questions with schematics about excessive electrical current going through conductors. This worksheet is printable and there are on-line answers to the questions.
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Safety Grounding
In this grounding activity, students answer 12 questions about electrical power systems, the importance of grounding and electric shock.
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General Industry Outreach Training Program
Pupils, after being introduced to an overview of the hazards of electricity at the workplace, view a power point presentation involving the four types of injuries that could result from contact with electricity: electrocution or death,...
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Electricity Layered Curriculum
Students describe how electric charges exert forces on each other as well as compare the strengths of electric and gravitational forces. They distinguish between conductors and insulators. In addition, students examine voltage and...
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Electricity Safety
Third graders explore electricity safety. In this science lesson, 3rd graders read a story about an electrical outage. Students discuss if various situations shown are safe or unsafe.
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Home Electrical Safety
Students explain the danger of incorrectly wired plugs. In this physics lesson, students construct their own safe plug. They share the finished project in class.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Short Circuit
Learn how fuses and circuit breakers work to stop the flow of electricity in a circuit so as to prevent fires. This experiment requires caution.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Controlling Current Overload in Electric Circuits
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Electrical circuits have safety features like fuses and circuit breakers to prevent an overload, which could cause a fire. This lesson explains how these work....
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Series Circuits
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson, students learn about series circuit design, and the role of resistors in maintaining the integrity of a circuit.