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Parallel DC Circuits

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this circuits worksheet, students answer 24 questions about parallel DC circuits including finding the current drawn by resistors, the total resistance, and the voltage impressed across each resistor in the circuit. Students also...
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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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Basic Circuits

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explain the difference between a closed circuit and an open circuit. They construct simple to more complicated series and parallel circuits. They explain the difference between a series and parallel circuit.
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What is the Underlying Causality of a Simple Circuit?

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Young scholars explore simple circuitry. They compare four models of circuits and explain how each works. Students contrast the cyclic cequential and cyclic simultaneous models using a shower curtain illustration and software simulation.
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Circuits

For Students 10th - 12th
In this circuits activity, students read about total voltage, total resistance, and total current. Students learn about voltage across a resistor and short circuits. After completing the reading, students complete 4 circuit questions and...
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Simple Circuit

For Students 4th - 6th
In this circuits worksheet, students follow directions on how to make a light bulb light and answer questions about it. Students answer 1 question about an insulator and 1 about a conductor.
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What is Electrical Potential and How Does a Relational Causal Model Explain It?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine models of electrical potential. Students discuss the concept of electrical potential and relational causality. They compare models based on electric potential to those with cyclic simultaneous causality.
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Circuits and Symbols

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this circuits worksheet, students read about the symbols used in drawing circuit diagrams and then complete 16 matching, 2 multiple choice, and 4 short answer questions.
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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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Circuits and Conductors

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate the concepts of circuits and conductors. In this circuits and conductors instructional activity set, 4th graders watch demonstrations of circuits and look at images to identify whether they are complete...
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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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Introduction to Elementary Circuits

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore how a circuit works and create a circuit to use energy from a battery to light a bulb. In this introduction to circuits instructional activity, the students study the parts of a circuit and have a class discussion of...
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Battery fun

For Students 4th - 5th
Conduct an experiment with batteries to make a simple circuit. Fifth graders read the provided information, consider the two circuits, and determine which one is complete. An electrically charged experiment suggestion is included. Tip:...
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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.
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Electricity

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this electricity worksheet, students review electric charges and what types of materials can conduct electricity. This worksheet has 7 fill in the blank, 5 true or false, 3 multiple choice, and 5 short answer questions.
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Circuits

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students draw a schematic diagram of parts needed to build an op-amp. In this physics activity, students test the operation of their machine. They graph and analyze data using excel.
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Series and Parallel Circuits

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Young scholars study simple circuits. After a demonstration of parallel and serial circuit designs, students work in teams to predict the difference between two circuit designs. They build examples of two different circuits and test...
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Electricity: A Friend, a Foe

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students study what electricity can do and what some of the associated dangers are.
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Capacitive Reactance

For Students Higher Ed
In this electronics learning exercise, students solve and write short answers to 15 questions about capacitors. They interpret schematic diagrams and calculate values using Ohm's law.
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Electromechanical Relay Logic

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
For this physics worksheet, students solve and write short answers on 19 questions about electromechanical relay logic. They interpret schematic diagrams and answer questions about it.
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Design Project: DC Motor

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
For 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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Electrical Symbols - Making Circuits from Circuit Diagrams

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