A simple science fair project to test whether electricity can flow between two things. The Science Buddies project ideas are set up consistently beginning with an abstract, objective, and introduction, followed by a section on terms,...

Students in this activity will build simple circuits using a battery, wires, and light bulbs. This activity allows students to examine how electricity is conducted through a light bulb using a battery as a power source. Students will...

Students engage in an interactive "hot potato" demonstration to gain an appreciation for the flow of electrons through a circuit. Students role play the different parts of a simple circuit and send small items representing electrons...

This lab was designed to help students understand the difference between circuits powered by DC and circuits powered by AC. Students can see that simple changes in frequency lead to changes in the potential difference across the...

Students work in teams to explore how a flashlight works. This activity examines the topics of batteries, electron flow, circuit systems, switches, and bulbs.

Use this interactive, simple transformer to make a complete circuit via induction using two separate coils with iron cores inside.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn about the analysis of parallel circuits in the context of a realistic household circuit using our interactive simulation. A PDF worksheet and a video tutorial are also available. [3:24]

Explains the design of two circuits that can flash an LED from a single 1.5V battery. A typical LED needs 2-3V to work properly and both these circuits include a voltage doubler to boost the voltage to drive the LED. Both circuits will...

A collection of video lectures from an introduction to microelectronics taught at the University of California, Berkeley. The course teaches digital integrated circuits by covering circuit analysis and microelectronic devices and...

A collection of video lectures from a course introducing students to the basic concepts of electrical technology. Webpage includes thirty-nine lectures from a professor at the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning. Lectures...

Build an intuitive understanding of current and voltage, and power.

This electrical engineering activity uses a TI graphing calculator to analyze AC circuits including sine waves, capacitance and inductive reactance, solving series AC circuits, and RMS calculations.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The definition of electric current is explained and how to calculate an electric current. Includes links to resources for learning more about electricity, i.e., a...

Measuring voltage drops across resistances in series-parallel circuits requires an understanding of both series and parallel circuit behavior. Learn more with this tutorial.

When measuring the current in parallel circuits, compare the circuit's total current with the current through just one resistor.

In this activity, students will understand that electricity moves through different circuits and discover what types of materials are conductors and insulators.

Measuring the voltage in a circuit is like measuring the drop in pressure across two points. Learn more with this tutorial.

Use Ohm's Law to calculate the current in parallel circuits.

A hands-on lesson for helping learners understand simple circuits, series circuits, and parallel circuits, and the differences between the three.

This lesson introduces electricity, batteries and motors using a LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT robot. The associated activity guides learners to build a simple LEGO NXT set-up and see the practical implementation of the concepts discussed. Before...

A teacher lesson plan is provided here. This page describes two activities in which the effect of multiple resistors on the current and overall resistance of both series and parallel circuits are investigated. Complete activity...

A teacher lesson plan which could be easily converted into an idea for a student project or presentation. This page describes an activity in which the basic nature of a circuit and the concepts of a series circuit are investigated....

This highly informative site contains many resources and articles on electricity. A wealth of information about electricity can be found. This site also contains many FAQ's.

Kids learn about electronic circuits in the science of electricity and physics including schematics, power, ground, components, and the printed circuit board.