CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Electric Current
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Explains what electric current and voltage are and why electric current occurs.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: How to Squeeze Electricity Out of Crystals
It might sound like science fiction, but if you press on a crystal of sugar, it will actually generate its own electricity. Ashwini Bharathula explains how piezoelectric materials turn mechanical stress, like pressure, sound waves and...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Physics 2: Electric Circuits
This unit teaches students the foundations of electrical circuits and introduces them to their simplest components. Covers series and parallel circuits, Kirchhoff's Rules, Ohm's Law, RC circuits, resistivity, and capacitance.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Physical Science: Electricity and Magnetism
Students learn about static electricity using terms such as friction, induction, and conduction. They also explain and illustrate the difference between alternating and direct current, and understand the relationship among voltage,...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Plix Series: Area of Composite Shapes: Electric Field
[Free Registration/Login Required] Understand the relationship between field strength, charge, and force by determining what charge is required for a particle to levitate. After the activity, answer a challenge question to check for...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Electric Fields and Electric Potential
In this interactive lesson unit, students will learn about electric fields and charge density. They will explore electric field diagrams and learn how they are used, as well as discover electrostatic potential energy and how it relates...
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...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating Static Electricity: Creating Lightning on Much Smaller Scale
In this elementary science activity, students will experiment with static electricity using balloons. After investigating how balloons attract and repel various objects, students will watch a simulation of static electricity to help gain...
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.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Courses: Physics: Electricity and Magnetism
College-level physics course highlighting electromagnetism. This course also includes a wide variety of other physics topics including lightning, electrocardiograms, metal detectors, and atom smashers, to name a few. Course includes a...
BBC
Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Static Electricity
This lesson focuses on static electricity, including how particles can be charged by friction, and electrical forces and why they repel or attract each other. Includes a link to a test.
American Association of Physics Teachers
Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Point Charge Electric Field
Investigate with the electric field around one or two charged particles at different points along a line in this physics simulation.
Library of Congress
Loc: Everyday Mysteries: How Does Static Electricity Work?
Learn how static electricity results from an imbalance of electrical charges.
Concord Consortium
The Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench: Uniform Distribution of Charges
Observe the transfer of an electrical charge to an object and how those charges are evenly distributed across the object's surface.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Charge It!
Students use a balloon to perform several simple experiments to explore static electricity and charge polarization.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Build a Charge Detector
In this hands-on activity, students explore the electrical force that takes place between two objects. Each student builds an electroscope and uses the device to draw conclusions about objects' charge intensity. Students also determine...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Conservation of Charge Review
Review the conservation of charge and how charge is transferred in various scenarios.
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: Electric Eels
Electric eels are truly electric. Yes! They are able to produce an electric charge which they use to hunt as well as scare off predators. They are the only species in the genus Electrophorus able to produce electricity. Even though its...
Concord Consortium
The Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench: Electrical Charge Maze
Position positive and negative charges to help an electron move through a maze to hit a target.
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Radiating Charge
An interactive simulation that teaches about electromagnetic radiation, dipole radiation, and electric fields by observing the effects of changes in sinusoidal, circular, and linear motion on the outward propagation of radiation. This...
DOGO Media
Dogo News: Hi Tech Fabric Charges Devices on the Run
Read about an innovative technology in fabric that allows users to generate enough electricity through movement to charge devices such as cell phones. Includes video.
Science Bob Pflugfelder
Science Bob: Bend Water With Static Electricity!
Contains a procedure for illustrating electrostatic attraction between opposite charges by causing a thin stream of water to bend. The site gives a brief discussion of static electricity, as well.
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Charge Intensity and Electric Force
Manipulate the charge on objects to explore the relationship between charge, electric field, and forces on objects.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Charge Interactions
This online tutorial teaches students about the nature of the electric force. In this part of Lesson 1, two simple and fundamental statements will be made and explained about the nature of the electric force.
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