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Applied Science - Physics Lab
Students explore electricity. For this Physics lesson, students investigate the origin of static electricity. Students compare static electricity to current electricity.
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Electric Charge
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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Positive and Negative Charge Using Balloons
Fourth graders observe and explain how balloons rubbed on a shirt create positive and negative charges. In this positive and negative charge lesson plan, 4th graders record their results and explain their findings.
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Pith Ball Electroscope Lab
In this pith ball electroscope worksheet, students complete an experiment using a pith ball electroscope to determine charges. Students write down their observations and then complete 5 short answer questions.
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What is an Electric Current?
In this electric current worksheet, students will write down three facts about electric currents. Based on these facts, students will come up with a conclusion as to what an electric current is.
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Electricity Review
In this science learning exercise, students locate thirty-eight vocabulary words and inventors related to electricity in a word search. answers are provided in various formats.