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What is Energy?
Students define energy and identify the different types that exist. They identify places they see, hear or feel energy. They understand the role of engineering in finding and testing sources of energy for the production of electricity.
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Insulators And Conductors
High schoolers investigate the flow of electricity and how it effects different objects in the classroom as being classified as an insulator or conductor. They work in teams to test the conductivity of different classroom objects after...
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Energy Dreams by Design
Students explore a new home and design some of its electrical features. They construct a model of the electrical features and consider accessibility for the handicapped into the room. In groups, students analyze the advantages and...
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Natural Refrigeration
Students build a refrigerator that does not require electricity. In this environmental science activity, student consider desert dwellers of Africa who have no access to electricity. Students use flower pots, sand and water to study the...
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Protecting Treasures
Students explore electricity by creating an alarm. In this circuitry instructional activity, students analyze a diagram of a circuit based alarm which detects sunlight. Students utilize electrical equipment to recreate the circuit and...
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Robot Earth
Students construct a simple robotic energy transformer. For this space science lesson, students explain how energy is transformed from one form to another. They identify the different uses of robotic devices.
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Wind Energy
Students examine the methods of wind energy. They discover how a wind turbine generates electricity. They research the feasibility of installing wind turbines in their schools and construct a model wind turbine.
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Carbon Usage and Offsets on Putnam City Campuses and Area Businesses
Learners examine carbon output. In this climate change lesson, students plan and complete an assessment of local businesses and schools based on the carbon output of their electrical usage.
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Magnets
Young scholars explore the science of magnets and how magnets work. They conduct a series of fun experiments and magnetize objects and demonstrate how magnetism operates right through other materials.
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Nuclear Waste
Students identify pros and cons of nuclear power, and analyze problems surrounding nuclear waste and how to make decisions regarding its disposal.
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Magnets, Electromagnets, and Motors
Learners investigate the concepts of magnetism and its properties. They construct a magnet and test foods for iron content. Then students define the use of a motor and make their own electric motor while working in small groups. Then...
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A Guide (on the Side) to Physics
Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the concepts related to the study of Physics. They participate in class discussion and list common misconceptions of Physics. Students write and discuss the problem of Science illiteracy.
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DESKTOP ELECTROPHORESIS LAB - MOVING MOLECULES
Students build efficient electrophoresis systems for less than $15.00 each and use them to demonstrate electrophoresis ability of stain molecules and materials such as DNA.. They know that electrophoresis is a technique used for the...
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Electrostatic Review Worksheet
In this electrostatic worksheet, students determine the potential of a charge that moves in an electric field. Students define a coulomb, This worksheet has 5 multiple choice questions and 2 problems to solve.
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Energy Conservation
Class is divided into groups of 2-4 students. They then are given a list of 36 items that are found in our homes and which use electricity. They are going to pretend that because of an energy shortage, they have to pick only twelve items...
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What’s That, I Can’t Hear You?
Students investigate forms of energy as well as light and sound. In this science lesson, students participate in hands-on activities that require them to evaluate how sound affects astronauts in flight. A video of this lesson being...
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Unknown Element Project
Students work with a partner to determine the identity of an unknown element based on given descriptions. Groups use classroom textbooks, encyclopedias, and science internet sites to identify their unknown element then write a report as...
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Build a Simple Ammeter
Students build and work with a simple ammeter to test theories on why solar cells connected in parallel produce more current that in series. Students use the ammeter to indicate the presence, direction, and strength of an electric...
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Energy Efficiency Ambassadors
Pupils consider how to cut their energy use. In this physical science lesson, students investigate the connections between energy use and climate changes. Pupils compute the actual electrical energy consumption of 2 bulbs and consider...
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Balloons
Students explore the different types of balloons. In this materials instructional activity students can complete several experiments including building their own hot air balloons, making balloon animals and experimenting with static...
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Kinds of Weather and What to Wear
Students explore how temperature and wind contribute to types of weather. In this weather instructional activity, students observe an experiment in which ice, steam, and an electric fan are manipulated to produce results that simulate...
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Magnet Mania
Students explain how magnets can be used to make some things move without being touched. They explore that electricity in circuits can produce light, heat, sound, and magnetic effects. They create an electronic poster about magnet with...
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Changing circuits
Students identify that there are conventional symbols to represent the components in circuits. Students use these symbols to draw diagrams of circuits. They are reminded that electric circuits can be drawn in diagrams using symbols. ...
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Changing Circuits
Students observe an on-line activity to review the basics of electrical circuitry, then research answers to related questions on-line.In this lesson on changing components in a series circuit, students discover how different components...
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