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Handout
Physics4kids

Physics4 Kids: Electricity and Magnetism: Conductors and Conductivity

For Students 3rd - 8th
A brief overview of several type of conductors.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Are You Picking Up What I'm Putting Down?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
How are magnetism and electricity related? Learners will explore the relationship between magnetism and electricity, learn how to construct an electromagnet, and discover everyday uses of electromagnets. Students will create a multimedia...
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Interactive
University of Toronto (Canada)

University of Toronto: Flash Animations for Physics

For Students 9th - 10th
This site boasts an extensive list of physics animations that cover topics such as electricity, magnetism, quantum mechanics, and relativity. Variables can be manipulated for each demonstration.
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Activity
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Cup Speaker

For Students 9th - 10th
This activity will have students creating their own speaker with a paper cup, coil of wire, and magnet. The speaker operates by changing electric current into sound.
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Unit Plan
Channel 4 Learning

4 L: Science Essentials: Get Physical

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Find a review of many aspects of the physical world. Simple explanations of electricity, gravity, and the solar system. Included are materials for teachers to use for enrichment.
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Activity
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Motor Effect

For Students 9th - 10th
Create a simple device to see how a force is exerted on a current by a magnetic field. This activity shows how an electric motor can be made with this force.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Discovery of Electromagnetism

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers the discovery of electromagnetism, how it relates to electricity, and Faraday's law.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Ac Circuit Analysis

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This electrical engineering activity uses a TI graphing calculator to analyze AC circuits including sine waves, capacitance and inductive reactance, solving series AC circuits, and RMS calculations.
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Handout
Other

Science Playwiths: Electricity and Magnet Playwiths

For Students 9th - 10th
A relatively easy set of instructions for building a Leyden jar, and an easy-to-understand explanation of how it works.
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Online Course
Other

Fearof Physics: Videos

For Students 9th - 10th
Looking for some more explanantion on a topic covered in physics class? This site contains videos that explore some physics concepts. Videos are broken down by topics. Some videos also give examples on how to solve problems.
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Interactive
Math Science Nucleus

I. Science Ma Te: Integrating Science, Math and Technology

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This site offers a wealth of online textbook-related materials that encourage the discovery of science in the world around us. Enter the site to access material on specific topics. Each section contains reading material (complete with...
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Website
Other

The James Clerk Maxwell Foundation

For Students 9th - 10th
The home page of the The James Clerk Maxwell Foundation, a charitable foundation to commemorate the life and work of James Clerk Maxwell. View Maxwell's house and read about the personal life of this notable scientist.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Building an Electromagnet

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Student teams investigate the properties of electromagnets. They create their own small electromagnet and experiment with ways to change its strength to pick up more paper clips. Students learn about ways that engineers use...
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Primary
University of St. Andrews (UK)

University of St. Andrews: A Visit to James Clerk Maxwell's House

For Students 9th - 10th
From the MacTutor History of Mathematics website, this page allows students to see the Edinburgh home of the 19th century Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Electromagnetic Induction

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers what electromagnetic induction is, how it occurs, the current produced from it, and how it is used.
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Handout
Great Idea Finder

The Great Idea Finder: Michael Faraday

For Students 9th - 10th
A solid biography of good length and history of Faraday's work. Complete, readable, thorough. Picture. Lots of links to other sources, including Joseph Henry's claim that *he* was first, and another about Faraday's kinetic flashlight!
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Lesson Plan
TryEngineering

Try Engineering: Flashlights and Batteries

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Learners work in teams to explore how a flashlight works. This activity examines the topics of batteries, electron flow, circuit systems, switches, and bulbs.
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Interactive Physics for High School

For Students 9th - 10th
This digital textbook covers core physics concepts and includes interactive features, real world examples, videos, and study guides.
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Handout
National Academy of Engineering

Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th Century: Electrification

For Students 9th - 10th
Learners explore electrification in the 20th century. Some topics investigated are rural electrification, power generators, and direct current (DC). The resource consists of historical information, a timeline, and a personal essay by a...
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Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: Electromagnetic Energy and Why It Is Important

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what electromagnetic energy is, the history of its discovery, some terms used when talking about it, and gives some facts about it.
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Handout
Wolfram Research

Wolfram Science World: Maxwell, James

For Students 9th - 10th
This ScienceWorld site describes the Scottish mathematician and physicist James Maxwell (1831-1879) who published physical and mathematical theories of the electromagnetic field.
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Handout
Other

Institute for Telecommunication Sciences: Resonance

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains a straightforward definition of resonance in an electrical circuit.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Electromagnetism

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will explain the relationship between electricity and magnetism.
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

The Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench: The Hall Effect

For Students 9th - 10th
Adjust the magnetic field in this simulation to see how the flow of electricity is affected.

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