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Electrical Connections

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this electrical connections worksheet, students answer 13 questions about conductance, resistors, how to build a circuit and electrical connections.
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Circuits

For Teachers 5th
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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Electricity

For Students 8th - 12th
In this electricity activity, students complete 4 activities where they draw diagrams and answer short answer questions by researching electrical circuits.
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Magnetism And Electricity

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate the concept of electricity and how to build a circuit. They identify the presence of heat, light, sound, and the magnetic effects. Students construct the circuit and draw a diagram that gives directions for its...
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Circuit Breakers

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders build a circuit breaker and examine its function within a circuit.
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Electrical Circuits - Current & Voltage in Series Circuits

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners investigate the relationship between current and voltage in a series circuit. In this physics lesson, students measure the current across each light bulb. They predict what happens to the circuit if one bulb is blows out.
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Basic Electric Circuits

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students calculate the resistance across a bank of resistors in a series, parallel and combined circuit. Using new vocabulary words, they define and describe them in a scientific manner. After stating Ohm's Law, they solve electrical...
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Electrical Circuits And Switches

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students design and draw circuits with batteries, small light bulbs and common household conductors. They build and test the circuit then modify it so someone who couldn't use their hands could turn the circuit on and off.
eBook
Utah Education Network (UEN)

Utah Open Textbook: 5th Grade Science

For Students 5th Standards
How do Earth's changes affect humans? Pupils learn about physical and chemical changes on Earth and how they lead to erosion, earthquakes, and volcanoes. Using the text, they also explore the concepts of electricity and magnetism by...
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College Board

2016 AP® Physics 2: Algebra-Based Free-Response Questions

For Students 11th - 12th Standards
While AP Physics 1 counts as an introductory college Physics course, AP Physics 2 counts as a second-year college Physics course. Help scholars prepare for this more advanced college-level test with questions from previous assessments...
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Circuits

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners draw a schematic diagram of parts needed to build an op-amp. In this physics lesson, students test the operation of their machine. They graph and analyze data using excel.
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V, R, and I in Parallel Circuit

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this V, R, and I in parallel circuits worksheet, students calculate the total current, total voltage, and total resistance. Students match the correct term with the correct definition. Students also label several diagrams of series...
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Time-delay Electromechanical Relays

For Students Higher Ed
In this physics worksheet, students solve and write short answers to 19 questions on time-delay relays. They explain how the mechanism works and calculate the amount of delay in seconds.
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Design Project: DC Motor

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this DC motor worksheet, the learner answers 3 open-ended questions pertaining to the design of a DC motor. The worksheet is printable and the answers are revealed online.
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Circuit Diagrams

For Students 4th - 5th
In this circuit diagram instructional activity, students study the various symbols for the circuit symbols and how to make a circuit diagram. Students then label the diagram with the 5 symbols.
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What Are Static and Current Electricity?

For Students 4th - 6th
In this electricity worksheet, students will complete a Venn diagram comparing and contrasting the characteristics of series and parallel circuits.
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Electrical Symbols - Making Circuits from Circuit Diagrams

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students draw different electrical circuit symbols. For this electricity lesson, students construct simple circuits based on circuit diagrams. They share their findings to class.
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The Light-House Project

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Groups work together to design a lighthouse, from designing and drawing the wiring diagram, to creating prototypes of the switch and circuit, to envisioning and building a scale model along with a blueprint. By including different...
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Grade 9 Science Review

For Students 9th - 12th
In this 9th grade science review learning exercise, students complete 63 true or false questions on topics such as atomic notation, isotopes, covalent bonds, Ohm's law, and electric circuits.
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One Path

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discover that charge movement through a circuit depends on the resistance and arrangement of the circuit components. In a hands-on activity, students build and investigate the characteristics of series circuits. In another...
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PHYSICS LESSONS

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars study the concept of electricity, what an electric current is and its relationship between voltage and resistance.In this electrical lesson students solve problems using Ohm's law, and research alternative sources of...
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Flashlights and Batteries

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine how batteries work, how they provide power to the simple circuit within the battery, and how the switch controls the flow of electrons; students then disassemble a flashlight, and draw a schematic of a flashlight's...
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Applied Science- Technology Lab (Circuit Boards)

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Pupils examine electricity. In this electrical conduction lesson, students create a quiz board (circuit board). They work in small groups to construct the circuit board and come up with questions/answers for the quiz portion. This lesson...
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Open and Closed Circuits

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Young scholars distinguish between open and closed circuits. In this open and closed circuits lesson plan, students use their bodies as electric conductors and understand how electricity is a form of energy.