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TE Activity: Build a Charge Detector

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine how electrical force takes place between two objects by building an electroscope. They apply the electroscope to determine an objects' charge intensity and to see what factors influence electric force.
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Motions and Forces

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils explore motions, forces and magnetism. They investigate magnetism as a force and examine the construction of a magnet. Students examine the force that magnetism produces.
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Can You Get A Charge Out Of Matter?

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students observe and demonstrate how objects can be charged positively and negatively and how static electricity works. They observe a teacher-led demonstration, and in small groups rotate through various static electricity activities,...
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Let There Be Light

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore electricity. In this electricity lesson, 5th graders experiment with open and closed circuits. Students determine how to properly connect a battery and bulb to illuminate the bulb.
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Physical Science: Solar Energy

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students review and discuss how Solar energy and electricity produce light and heat. They create a photo/picture journal and include pictures taken during solar energy activities to a PowerPoint slide presentation.
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Electrostatics

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers examine ways positive and negative charges are attracted and repelled by watching teacher demonstrations, and complete activity sheet related to classroom demonstration activities to prove proficiency of knowledge of...
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Science: Generating Electricity

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders examine the various methods of generating electricity and explain their commonalities. They determine what is the most common source of energy and what are the potential environmental health hazards due to electrical...
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Electricity/Magnetism

For Teachers K
Students investigate how magnets attract and repel.
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Electricity and Magnetism

For Students 9th - 12th
In this electricity and magnetism worksheet, high schoolers will answer 17 questions about how electrons flow, how electric motors work, and the function of a transformer.
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Magnets

For Students 7th - 12th
In this magnets worksheet, learners review magnetic properties and define an electromagnet. This worksheet has 10 fill in the blank, 1 drawing, and 3 short answer questions.
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Two Sides of One Force

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students learn how simple electric motors and electromagnets work. In this electromagnets lesson, students learn about electromagnetics and how magnets and electricity are related. They also learn about hybrid gasoline electric cars and...
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Electromagnets

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students improve their science skills by designing an experiment for the relationship between electricity and magnetism. For this science skills lesson, students discuss the scientific method and use the given materials to complete an...
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Discovery Science Center Activities

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders complete a variety of experiments to meet science goals.  In this life sciences instructional activity, 4th graders make yogurt, discover the attraction of opposite charges in electricity, learn the effects of...
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Electricity

For Students 7th - 12th
In this electricity worksheet, students review scientists and inventors of electricity. how electricity is transported, and how electricity is measured. This worksheet has 16 problems to solve, 5 fill in the blank, and 7 short answer...
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Electricity and Magnets

For Students 10th - 12th
In this physics review activity, students compare average and instantaneous speed, review Newton's laws, electricity, and magnets. This activity has 12 fill in the blank, 8 short answer questions, and 6 problems to solve.
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(S-4) The Magnetic Sun

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore magnetism and magnetic phenomena on the Sun.
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Diamagnetism

For Teachers 8th - 10th
If you are attracted to activities dealing with diamagnetism, here is a rare find that you will appreciate. With a neodymium magnet and a few common materials, move a pair of juicy grapes without touching them. Though the fruit is...
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What is An Electromagnet?

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore and define electromagnets. For this electromagnet lesson, students access an assigned web site to research what an electromagnet is and how it works. They complete a database with information from the web site and...
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Mutual Inductance

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this mutual inductance worksheet, students answer 12 questions about electric currents, voltage, magnetic coupling, and magnetic flux as they relate to inductance.
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Physical Science Review 5th Grade

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this review of physical science activity, students use recall to answer multiple choice questions about electricity and chemical changes. Students answer 25 questions.
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Where's Up?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders use a needle and a magnet to create a compass.
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Using electricity

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students explore how a switch can be used to break a circut. Students construct a simple series circuit and use it for a purpose. Students read the "The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch,or one of the "Katie Morag" stories which clearly shows...
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Stormy Sunspots

For Teachers 7th - 9th
In this sunspots worksheet, learners determine how magnetic storms on Earth are related to sunspot activity. They plot data for sunspot activity between 1967 and 1997. They compare their plotted data with the data for magnetic storms on...
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What's the Attraction?

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students experiment with magnets to determine the distances at which they attract and repel each other.

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