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- 11th
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Students relate electrical theory to automotive technology and describe the function and operation of ignition, charging, and starting systems. They identify electrical accessories and lighting systems. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students explain that electrons are the things that make electricity work, name and define the two basic kinds of electricity as static and current, compare conductors and insulators and construct a battery. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students create an awareness of the importance of electricity in everyday life. After being introduced to basic electrical terms, students illustrate how electricity moves, both in series and parallel circuits. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students acquire a basic understanding of electricity as a force of nature that is part of their everyday lives. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students examine basic electrical components. They build a simple electrical circuit which rings a buzzer. They experiment with conducting and nonconducting materials. Full Review »
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- 1st
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Students explore static and current electricity, simple open and closed circuits and the scientific contributions of Franklin and Edison. They participate in hands-on activities and create a working Electric Board. Full Review »
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- 5th - 7th
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Students examine how electric circuits are controlled with a switch. They incorporate a switch into a battery/bulb circuit. They design and create their own switches using everyday materials. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students explore electricity and electrical circuits. They explore series and parallel circuits using Christmas lights. Students pull lights out of each strand of lights. They observe the results when the light bulb is pulled out. Students discuss what happened when they pulled the bulb out of each strand. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students create a list of things that they do with electrical power. They then are shown a PowerPoint on "Basic Electrical Safety." Students evaluate electrical equipment, cords and situations for serviceability and safety problems. They are given a prepared safety checklist, students then proceed to a barn, laboratory or greenhouse to conduct an electrical safety insepection and report back on problems noted. Full Review »
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- 4th - 8th
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Students identify hypotheses related to static electricity, to begin to test the hypotheses, to begin to develop conclusions related to observations, to demonstrate that like charges repel and unlike charges attract each other, to name protons and electrons as the two kinds of electrical charges, and to define static electricity as a type of electricity produced when objects gain or lose electrons. Full Review »
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