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Scholastic

Study Jams! Electricity

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
Shock your physical science class using this video to teach the basics of static electricity. Electricity is defined,and electrons are differentiated from protons on an atom model. The use of hydropower and wind are explained as ways of...
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Curated OER

Static Electricity: Matching

For Students 4th - 8th
Discovery Education has provided a series of quick quizzes on several topics. Here is one on static electricity. Young scientists match eight terms to their definitions. You can view the solution right from the page, so if you want to...
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Curated OER

A Shocking Experience

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners differentiate between current and static electricity, conductors and insulators, explain how energy is converted from chemical to electrical, measure voltage of batteries, collect data on voltage, and predict voltage of...
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Curated OER

Take Charge!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students induce an electrical charge on various objects, and experiment with electrical repulsion and attraction. They define related vocabulary, play Bingo and complete a take-home quiz.
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Curated OER

Electric Charge

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students discover and identify positive and negative electrical charges and understand that like repels and opposite charges attract.  In this physics lesson, students observe how friction can be used to give electrical charge to various...
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Curated OER

Magnetism: Knowledge Quiz

For Students 6th - 7th
In this magnetism quiz worksheet, students complete a set of 10 multiple choice questions covering a variety of concepts about magnetism.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Lightning

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students uncover the science behind lightning and thunder.Theyexamine electrical attraction between like and unlike charges, and the force that creates lightning, is first explained using static electricity.
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Soft Schools

Soft Schools: Static Electricity Quiz

For Students 6th - 8th
Take an interactive, multiple choice quiz over static electricity. After completing the quiz, check your score, and then revisit any incorrect question for further review.
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Unit Plan
Physics Classroom

The Phyics Classroom: Electric Field and the Movement of Charge

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive tutorial teaches students about he reasons for why charge flows through wires of electric circuits and the variables that affect the rate at which it flows. Students can take the interactive quiz to assess what they have...
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Unit Plan
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: The Strucure of Matter

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive tutorial begins with an understanding of the structure of matter. Understanding charge as a fundamental quantity demands that we have an understanding of the structure of an atom. Learn the atomic structure of an atom an...
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Unit Plan
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Lightning

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive tutorial students will explore what is the cause and mechanism associated with lightning strikes, They will investiage how lightning rods serve to protect buildings from the devastating effects of a lightning strikes....