Curated OER
Coal and the Environment
Students read about how burning coal affects the environment. After students finish reading about how burning coal affects the environment they have a group discussion to discuss what they thought about the information.
Curated OER
The Invention of the Telegraph
Students study the history of telegraph invention. In this technology lesson, students build their own Morse Telegraph System. They discuss how this invention benefits the society.
Curated OER
Human Activity and the Environment 2004
Students brainstorm the ways we use energy sources in our daily lives and what our lives would be like without it. They answer questions based on sections from the Human Activity and the Environment 2004, "Energy in Canada" article.
Curated OER
Magnetic Discovery Bottle
Students examine how to conduct simple investigations and use simple equipment to gather data. In this magnet lesson students decide what types of objects are attracted to magnets.
Curated OER
Transistor Hunt
Students locate transistor devices in school. They explain the importance of transistors.
Curated OER
Teaching Avogadro's Number
Students design an experiment to determine Avogadro's number. Students utilize an ammeter, an electrolytic cell and internet research.
Curated OER
Voltmeter Design
In this voltmeter worksheet, learners design and mathematically analyze a circuit they design. They also answer 17 questions about voltmeters, the voltage in given schematics, and the resistance in voltmeters.
Curated OER
Earn Points with Technology
Students explore renewable energy by analyzing a diagram. In this fossil fuel lesson plan, students view a chart explaining the different energy consumption from automobiles and how they impact our environment. Students analyze a point...
Curated OER
Gotta Have Energy
Students explore energy. They discuss the types and uses of energy and research an assigned energy source. They create a "benefits versus potential environmental impacts" chart that lists energy sources and possible impacts. They...
Curated OER
How Much Radiation is Around You?
Students examine the use, misuse and fear of radiation. They read an article about radiation on food and discuss the positives and negatives of this process. They answer questions to complete the lesson.
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Motor Control AC Voltage
Students demonstrate that motors work on two different voltages. They connect a single-phase AC motor to run on different voltages.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Electric Power and Electrical Energy Use
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Electric power and electric energy use of appliances and how to calculate them.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Current, Resistance, and Power
Learners investigate current, resistance, and power. Some topics explored in the activities are Ohm's law, electrical power, and solving circuits. The resource consists of video clips, lecture notes, online textbook chapters, exam...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Pointing at Maximum Power for Pv
Student teams measure voltage and current in order to determine the power output of a photovoltaic (PV) panel. They vary the resistance in a simple circuit connected to the panel to demonstrate the effects on voltage, current, and power...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Put a Spark in It! Electricity
Uncountable times every day "with the merest flick of a finger"each one of us calls on electricity to do our bidding. What would your life be like without electricity? Students begin learning about electricity with an introduction to the...
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Power Revisited
This tutorial visits the concept of power. You will learn to develop new equations that express power in terms of current, electric potential difference and resistance.
Canada Science and Technology Museum
Canada Science and Technology Museum: Background Information for Electricity
The Canada Science and Technology Museum answers some of the most common questions about electricity. For example, get the definition of electricity, the difference between alternating and direct currents, and learn how a fuse works.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Basic Electrical Quantities: Current, Voltage, Power
Build an intuitive understanding of current and voltage, and power.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Current Electricity: Electrical Resistance: Ohm's Law
There are certain formulas in physics that are so powerful and so pervasive that they reach the state of popular knowledge. The predominant equation which pervades the study of electric circuits is often referred to as the Ohm's law...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Electric Safety
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Overview of electric safety: short circuits, electric safety features, and how to use electricity safely.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Keep It Moving! From Electrons to Electric Motors
Students act as engineers to apply what they know about how circuits work in electrical/motorized devices to design their own battery-operated model motor vehicles with specific paramaters. They calculate the work done by the vehicles...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Physics 1: Electric Circuits
In this unit students discover the meaning and some applications of electric potential, commonly known as voltage, and how it powers some simple circuits.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Potato Power
Students use potatoes to light an LED clock (or light bulb) as they learn how a battery works in a simple circuit and how chemical energy changes to electrical energy. As they learn more about electrical energy, they better understand...