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Interactive
Curated OER

Arc Flash and Arc Blast

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this arc flash and arc blast activity, students answer ten questions about the conditions that lead to arc flashes and arc blasts. They describe each and explain how to protect from these occurrences.
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Curated OER

Switches

For Students 10th - 12th
In this switches worksheet, students solve 18 problems about types of switches, circuits, the voltage of the switches, the contact status and the number of poles and throws in switches.
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Curated OER

Electric Gameboards

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore the properties of electricity.  In this electricity lesson, students construct an electric game board circuit using their knowledge of a series electrical circuit. Students develop game ideas based on current curriculum,...
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Curated OER

Interactive Question Asker

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Learners practice studying chapters from a unit by creating an electric circuit.  For this electronic studying lesson, students utilize a file folder, hole punch, foil, light bulb and battery to create a wired circuit behind answers to...
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Curated OER

Electricity and Magnetism

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this electricity worksheet, students read and reflect on what electromagnets are and how they attract objects. Students put 4 events in order that would make an electromagnet start attracting objects and identify 3 ways to increase...
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Curated OER

Let's Light up a Light Bulb

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders investigate electricity.  In this electricity instructional activity, 3rd graders observe a familiar battery-operated toy and brainstorm reasons why and how the battery works.  Students work in pairs to explore batteries,...
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Curated OER

Experience the 5E Instructional Model with Electrical Circuits

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students build electrical circuits. In this lesson teaching pre-service teachers how to use the 5E instructional model, students use materials to explore how to create an electrical circuit.
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Curated OER

Series and Parallel Circuits

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore electrical circuits. In this electrical circuit instructional activity, 4th graders research the history of the use of light and read a biography regarding Benjamin Franklin. Students the build basic circuits,...
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Curated OER

To Resist Or Not To Resist

For Students 7th - 12th
In this electric circuits worksheet, students will read about Georg Ohm and Ohm's law. Then students will complete 4 short answer questions.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Engineer Webelos Activity Workbook

For Students 4th - 8th
For this engineering worksheet, students speak with an engineer, surveyor, or architect in their area about the various occupations in engineering and create a list that explains each. They also draw a floor plan of their home and three...
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Curated OER

Build Your Own Simple DC Motor

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students, after brainstorming how we interact with some kind of motor every day in our lives, explore how to build their own DC motor. They collect all the parts needed for their experiment and review all safety precautions. In addition,...
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Curated OER

WHAT MAKES A LIGHT BULB LIGHT?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are able to use inquiry to answer the essential questions. They are able to predict and test configurations of a battery, bulb, and wire that make the complete circuit. Students craft a group and individual theory of a...
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Curated OER

Investigating Electrical Circuits

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders draw and construct a complete circuit. In small groups they develop a list of questions about electricity, listen to a teacher-led lecture, construct a complete circuit, test circuits, and create an illustration of a...
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Electric Switches

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
Young scholars examine how electric circuits are controlled with a switch. They incorporate a switch into a battery/bulb circuit. They design and create their own switches using everyday materials.
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Curated OER

Electrical Noise and Interference

For Students Higher Ed
In this electronics worksheet, students identify and differentiate the different types of noise. They complete 4 short answer questions about the topic.
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Curated OER

Design Project: Stepper Motor Driver

For Students Higher Ed
For this electronics worksheet, students design and build a stepper motor drive circuit. They answer 1 short answer question about the design.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Simple Circuits Lab

For Students 6th - 8th
For this electrical circuit worksheet, learners follow a pre-planned lab activity to demonstrate a series and parallel circuit. They record their observations and answer 4 questions. This document is printable and the answers are not...
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Curated OER

Parallel Circuits

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Learners investigate the way an electrical circuit works. For this physics lesson, students use voltmeters and ammeters to measure voltage. They construct a circuit using provided circuit kits.
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Curated OER

Electrical Circuits

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore parallel and series circuits. In this electrical circuit lesson, students  investigate the differences between series and parallel circuits.  Students observe the benefits and drawbacks of series and parallel circuits.
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Curated OER

Let There Be Light

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore electricity. In this electricity lesson, 5th graders experiment with open and closed circuits. Students determine how to properly connect a battery and bulb to illuminate the bulb.
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Curated OER

Simple Electrical Circuits

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students construct a simple electrical circuit. In this electrical circuit lesson, students use a cell battery, bulb, and wire to construct a simple circuit. Students read about switches, circuits, and electricity in Electro Wiz...
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Curated OER

Switched Circuit Experiment

For Students 5th - 6th
In this switched circuit experiment learning exercise, students follow the procedures to build a simple circuit with batteries, light bulbs and paper clips.
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Curated OER

Circuits and Conductors

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this electricity worksheet, students examine 6 pictures of electrical circuits attached to a light bulb. They write if the light bulb would be off, glowing dimly, glowing normally, or glowing brightly in each circumstance.
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Interactive
Curated OER

Electrical Circuits

For Students 4th - 5th
In this electrical circuits instructional activity, students read a text and examine a diagram to learn the parts of a simple electric circuit. Students then answer 6 questions about electrical circuits. This is an online interactive...