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Changing Circuits

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners study how bulbs work by studying a series circuit and its components. In this electricity study lesson, students complete a SmartBoard online activity to study a bulb light in an electrical circuit. Learners discuss what would...
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Solar Kit Lesson #1 Solar Cell Inquiry

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Young scholars use a selection of solar panels, lamps, motors, and an AA battery to get as many motors or lights to operate as they can in an allotted time period. For each successful arrangement, they draw a diagram of their setup,...
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Paths of Electrical Currents

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine the paths that electrical currents travel. They create a current of electricity using flashlights, bulbs, batteries, wires and tape. They determine how to create a closed circuit that will light the bulb. They...
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Phototaxis

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Young scholars conduct lab experiment to answer the question: How will starving Dictyostelium Discoideum Slugs respond to white light? They determine whether the slugs are attracted to or repelled by the light.
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Invisible Rays

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students explore physical science by completing a lab assignment. In this sunlight instructional activity, students define a list of scientific vocabulary terms and complete fill in the blank questions. Students conduct a photographic...
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Energy Conversion in Electricity – Resistors and Circuits

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners explore electrical energy. In this electricity lesson plan, students design and build a large circuit in order to determine whether circuit size correlates with the light of a bulb.
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Physics Quiz

For Students 6th - 12th
For this physics worksheet, students complete short answer questions about physics concepts such as electricity, space, light, and more. Students complete 20 short answer questions.
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Stellar Lunar Curriculum

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students engage in a instructional activity that covers the concept of different phases of the moon. They name the cycles of the phases of the moon while using flashlights to simulate the light of the sun. They research information about...
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Generate a Calibration Curve for Chlorophyll a

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars measure and graph the absorbance of light by chlorophyll at a specific wavelength versus chlorophyll concentration. They are given an unknown and determine its concentration from their calibration curve. Students become...
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Changing circuits

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Young scholars identify that there are conventional symbols to represent the components in circuits. Students use these symbols to draw diagrams of circuits. They are reminded that electric circuits can be drawn in diagrams using...
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Changing Circuits

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students observe an on-line activity to review the basics of electrical circuitry, then research answers to related questions on-line.In this lesson on changing components in a series circuit, students discover how different components...
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Changing Circuits

For Students 4th
In this electrical circuits worksheet, students look at 6 diagrams of circuits and write whether they think the bulb would light or not. Students mark each diagram according to whether they think it will light or not.
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Lesson- Colors of Stars

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Student describes what happens to the color of a stove burner or a coal as it gets hotter. They use the applet to determine what range of temperatures range give you a red light, what range of temperatures would give you a white light,...
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Learning Lesson: Moonlight Serenade

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students complete experiments as they act as the earth. They observe how different angles affect the phases of the moon seen by us. They discuss the differences in light and dark.
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Circuit Boards

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore circuit boards. They determine that a complete circuit is needed to light the bulbs, experiment with the boards to develop strategies for finding where the hidden connections are, and develop strategies that can be used...
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The Effects of Color on Heat Absorption And Climate

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students conduct an experiment to determine the effects of soil color on its day and night time temperatures. In small groups, they prepare dishes of black soil, brown peat moss, and white sand. They record the temperature changes when a...
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Binary Numbers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore how a battery-powered light box demonstrates how to transmi timages.
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Underwater Vision

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students use colored lights and fabric to study an underwater ocean scene. In this light study lesson plan, students draw a picture using colored markers and hypothesize what their drawing will look like using filters. Students study...
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Enlightening Explorations, Part III

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders continue their examination of light. In groups, they make rainbows and examine the spectrum of visible light. They travel between various stations recording their observations about the behaviors of light. To end the...
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Two Kinds of Circuits

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine parallel and series ciruits. They experiment what happens if a bulb is removed from both a parallel and series circuit. They understand the differences between parallel and series ciruits,
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Circuit City

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders are introduced to the concept of circuits and how electricity works. In groups, they design their own subdivision with houses in which they have inside and outside light sources. To end the activity, they make the...
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How the Amount of Solar Energy Absorbed by the Earth is Dependent Upon the Earth's Position

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate the angle of light and how it faces the earth. They conduct a series of investigations with the following two objectives. Students determine if the angle of light is a factor in the absorption of heat. They correlate...
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Changing Circuits

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students participate in an online activity to explain how to make bulbs brighter or dimmer in a series circuit by changing the number or type of components.
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How Can We Determine the Concentration of an Unknown Solution?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students participate in experiments to help them determine the concentration of an unknown solution. They graph a standard curve and plotting the relationship between the concentration and the amount of light needed. They discuss their...

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