Lesson Plan
Gears Educational System

Battery Basics

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
In a series of activities, high schoolers research and compare batteries of different chemistries (such as nickel-cadmium), measure current and voltage, and use multimeters and math to compute their capacities. In the end, they try to...
Lesson Plan
National Geographic

Battery Lesson Plan

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Not really just a lesson plan, but a series of activities, reading handouts, and teacher's guidelines for conducting a class mini unit on the battery. Physical scientists focus on the history of the cell battery, experiment with...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Many Paths

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the composition and practical application of parallel circuitry, compared to series circuitry. They design and build parallel circuits and investigate their characteristics, and apply Ohm's law. They recognize that...
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Curated OER

An Electro-Olympic Event: Lemon vs. Lime

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students design a battery, identify and label the anode, cathode, electron flow, ion flow, oxidation & reduction reactions, chemicals used including the location of each;and distinguish between anode materials with regard to energy...
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Curated OER

Solar Kit Lesson #1 - Solar Cell Inquiry

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Give youngsters the components of a solar-powered electric circuit and turn them loose to figure out how to connect them in order for a light to shine or motor to turn. They compare energy output of a solar panel to that of a battery. On...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Electrochemistry Test Review

For Students 9th - 12th
This review sheet will be very useful to test your pupils' understanding of battery structure and redox reactions.  The questions ask for equations to be balanced and for the traditional equipment setups to be drawn and labeled....
PPT
Mr. E. Science

Electricity and Magnetism at Work

For Teachers 7th - 8th Standards
I don't get electricity jokes, watts so funny about them? The 13th in a series of presentations covers energy, motors, currents, generating electricity, calculating electrical energy cost, transformers, and batteries.
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Scholastic

On or Off?

For Students 2nd - 4th
How does electricity work? Put an electric circuit into your own hands with a short experiment that makes a switch out of a battery, light bulb, and thumb tacks. Young scientists then respond to short answers about why the circuit...
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Carnegie Mellon University

Battery Workshop

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Introduce your class to the workings and parts of a battery-operated circuit. Pairs of pupils use lemons to make batteries and measure voltage and current with a multimeter. An accompanying worksheet is used for recording values and...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Battery fun

For Students 4th - 5th
Conduct an experiment with batteries to make a simple circuit. Fifth graders read the provided information, consider the two circuits, and determine which one is complete. An electrically charged experiment suggestion is included. Tip:...
PPT
Curated OER

Electricity

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Cute cartoons and diagrams help explain electric charge to your physical science buffs. No math is involved even though units for electric charge and voltage are mentioned. This is a pretty neat and straightforward note taking guide for...
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Curated OER

Biomass: Potato Power

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars put together a potato battery that powers a digital clock. In this potato battery lesson plan, students learn the connection between energy from biomass and how we can apply it.
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Curated OER

Castaway or Survivor

For Teachers 9th - 12th
What a clever idea! Chemistry learners imagine themselves deserted on an island with a radio, but no batteries. They also have a few odds and ends in their pockets and storage chest. They are challenged to create a battery that will...
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Curated OER

Electricity And Magnetism

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Pupils explore the relationship between magnetism and electricity byby explaining how the model motor operates. They observe the the spinning of a coil of copper wire that is part of a circuit.
PPT
Curated OER

Electricity

For Teachers 4th
Focusing on what electricity is and where it comes from, the information here is accessible to young scientists.  The basics of how electricity is made and its uses as a power supply are given with clear illustrations. Some examples...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Basic circuit troubleshooting

For Students 6th - 12th
In this circuit worksheet students complete a series of questions using diagrams of different types of circuits and explain why they fail or work. 
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Applied Science - Physics Lab

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students investigate electricity. In this Physics instructional activity, students experiment with insulators and conductors of electricity. Students use batteries as the energy source for the experiment.
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Curated OER

Applied Science - Technology (3A) Pre Lab

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders discuss electric currents. In this circuit activity, 3rd graders create a picture of a battery circuit and a light bulb. They show the positive and negative charge and the flow of electrons. 
Interactive
Curated OER

Sources of Electricity

For Students 10th - 12th
In this online electricity worksheet, learners are asked 10 questions about electric current and battery energy, an online answer key provided.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Basic Voltmeter Use

For Students 9th - 12th
In this voltmeter worksheet, learners answer 12 questions about voltmeters connected to batteries, ohmmeters and circuits. They determine how much voltage would register on a voltmeter given diagrams of circuits.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Telegraph System

For Students 10th - 12th
In this telegraph system worksheet, students design a telegraph station and answer 4 questions about the voltage, the resistor values and various modifications made to their design.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Elementary Circuits

For Students 7th - 9th
In this electrical circuits instructional activity, learners answer 12 questions about basic circuits including identifying parts of a circuit, answering questions about shorted circuits and determining if voltage would exist at certain...
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Curated OER

Introduction to Electric Circuits

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
High schoolers explore using a circuit board in this physics lesson. They will analyze current and battery set up on a circuit board. Teachers check the board before the students experiment.
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Curated OER

Circuit Boards

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore circuits.  In this electricity science instructional activity, students build a circuit board after viewing a related PowerPoint presentation. Detailed instructions are included.