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Ohm's Laws
Students explore the relationship of resistance, voltage and current in series and parallel circuits. Then they discover Ohm's Law by constructing series circuits with one resistor and putting the resultant resistance, current and...
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Conductors, Insulators, and Semiconductors
Young scholars will investigate the differences in conductivity of materials, design a variety of complete circuits, and observe the differences between the manner in which light is produced in an incandescent light bulb and an LED.
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Bulbs & Batteries Side by Side
Learners build parallel circuits, exploring how they function and looking at their unique features. They describe how current changes when batteries are added in parallel or removed from a parallel arrangement, demonstrate the process of...
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Electrifying the World
Students explore the fundamental concepts of electricity. They examine different circuit diagrams to study how electricity flows. They finish by creating their own simple circuit.
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Let it Shine
Fifth graders investigate concepts of electricity by watching a video about Ben Franklin, participating in a web activity about simple circuits and experimenting with creating simple circuits. They examine conductors and insulators.
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Super 6 Fitness Stations (with Digi-Walker pedometers)
Young scholars complete physical education circuits wearing digi-walkers and recording steps on a data sheets.
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Circuits
Fifth graders discover the differences between parallel and series circuits. They draw and construct the two types of circuits using wires, bulbs, batteries, sockets, and switches.
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Circuit Breakers
Fifth graders build a circuit breaker and examine its function within a circuit.
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Electricity 5
Fifth graders demonstrate their understanding of circuits by working in small groups to create a flashlight using a limited number of supplies.
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Flowing Electrons
Learners act out different types of circuits, and create their own circuits using wire, a bulb, a battery and a switch.
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Watts Up with the Heat
Students create a variety of simple, series and parallel electrical circuits to illustrate how electricity flows through different types of basic circuits.
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Simple Circuits
Students investigate how series and parallel circuits work. In this physics lesson, students build their own simple circuits and compare their characteristics. They explain the importance of circuit breakers in household circuits.
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Construction of an Ammeter and a Voltmeter from a Galvanometer
Students explore series and parallel circuits. In this physics lesson, students construct a simple circuit and measure its maximum current. They construct their own voltmeter and ammeter that operates at a specified range.
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Home Electrical Safety
Learners explain the danger of incorrectly wired plugs. For this physics lesson, students construct their own safe plug. They share the finished project in class.
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Electrical Symbols - Making Circuits from Circuit Diagrams
Students draw different electrical circuit symbols. In this electricity lesson, students construct simple circuits based on circuit diagrams. They share their findings to class.
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Lithography Techniques/Making a Printed Circuit Board
Students create an electronic schematic on their PCB. In this physics lesson, students solder and assemble electronic components. They research the function of these components and share their findings in a group.
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Batteries and Bulbs
Students examine the uses of batteries and bulbs and explain the differences between series and parallel circuits. In this circuits lesson plan students complete a lab activity.
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Measuring Electricity
Students examine electricity, what its uses are and how it works. In this exploring electricity lesson students study voltage, resistance, current and OHM's law.
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Circuit Symbols
In this electrical circuits instructional activity, students study 10 diagrams of circuit parts and vocabulary words. These diagrams involve switches and batteries.
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Batteries
In these batteries worksheets, students read several passages about the components of batteries. Kids then fill in the missing words for the 4 sentences about batteries. Students color the pictures that each battery would be used for.
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Mission 2: Electricity
In these electricity worksheets, students learn about electricity, how its used, how it can be changes, and electricity circuits. Students complete an 11 page packet about electricity.
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Hear The Light?
Students investigate a circuit and build a flashlight transmitter. In this electricity lesson, students are introduced to the parts of the modulated laser and define the purpose of each part. As an assessment, students construct a...
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Kirchhoff's Laws: Sample Circuit
In this circuits worksheet, students use circuit drawings to help understand how to set up equations using Kirchhoff's laws. This worksheet has 12 fill in the blank questions.
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Kirchhoff's Laws: DC Circuits with Capacitors
In this circuits learning exercise, students calculate the charge on the capacitor based on the circuit drawing given. This learning exercise has 11 problems to solve.