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Electrical Liquids

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Liquid or not, here comes the electricity. Scholars test the conductivity of various substances using a circuit that includes a light bulb. If the light bulb lights up, then the liquid is a conductor. What a bright idea!
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Conductors and Insulators Experiment

For Students 5th - 6th
In this conductors and insulators experiment worksheet, students follow the procedures to set up an experiment that tests which common materials are conductors or insulators.
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PPT
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Electricity and Magnetism

For Teachers 7th - 12th
The standard basics of electricity are detailed in this clear-cut collection of slides. Straightforward explanations are offered for static electricity, series and parallel circuits, conductors, insulators, and resistance. Some animation...
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Watch Your Conductor Like a Hawk

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars focus their eyes on the conductor in music class. The teacher uses a music sheet to isolate the musical elements of tempo, balance, and blend.
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Heat Conductors

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Students explore heat conductors. In this lesson on heat, students examine how heat passes through different conductors and how different materials contain heat.
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Solid Conductors

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students work in groups to create a solid conductor testing set up. They use a variety of solid materials and predict if each will serve as a conductor of electricity (allow electricity to pass through so the light bulb will light up)....
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Urbana School District

Electrostatics

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Why did lightning shock the man? Because it didn't know how to conduct itself. Presentation covers electric charges, insulators, conductors, electroscopes, lightning, generators, grounding, static electricity, and more. Presentation is...
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Interactive
Physics Classroom

Polarization

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Are your young physicists static-savvy? Test their skills using an engaging interactive from the Static Electricity series! Learners evaluate scenarios to determine how charges move between conductors and insulators, then identify...
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Circuits Activity Packet Grades: 6-12

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Generate a buzz about circuits. Scholars conduct four activities to learn about electric circuits. They create dance pads that buzz and flash when stepped on, build hidden alarms, design creatures with eyes that flash, and take part in...
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PBS

Dough Creatures

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Knead a resource on electric circuits? A fun activity teaches future scientists about conductors and insulators. They prepare conducting and insulating dough and use them to make creatures that light up.
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Changes in Heat

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
A thorough PowerPoint provides information related to changes in heat. The contrast between day and night temperatures is included. The concepts of boiling and freezing are also covered. Insulators and conductors are presented as well.
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Mr. E. Science

Electric Charges and Current

For Teachers 7th - 8th Standards
Resistance is not futile, it is voltage divided by current. The presentation goes in depth covering electric charges, conductors, insulators, electric fields, static charges, and circuits. The lesson is the 12th in a series of 26.
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Circuits and Conductors

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students explore electricity by completing Internet activities.  In this physical science lesson, students identify an electric circuit and describe the characteristics of conductors, giving examples as well.  Students collaborate in...
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In The Footprints of the Slaves and Conductors

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders research and examine the conductor sites to find routes to hide their slaves. They are given a map to map out a route to hide fifteen slaves. Each group is given three to four clues about their stations to pass on to...
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Conductors and Insulators

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Pupils explore electrical terms and circuits.  For this conductor lesson students divide into groups and complete a lab on electricity.
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Circuits And Conductors

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students predict the common classroom items, such as paper clips, chalk, keys, or erasers, that will be good conductors in a circuit. They build circuits using a variety of circuit diagrams to test their predictions.
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Circuits and Conductors

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this electricity worksheet, students study the diagram of the circuits and conductors. Students write how bright each bulb glows.
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Go with the Flow

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students gain an understanding of the difference between electrical conductors and insulators, and experience recognizing a conductor by its material properties. They build a conductivity tester to determine whether different objects are...
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Conductivity Lessons

For Teachers 4th - 8th
"Conduct" some simple experiments with these great lesson plans on conductors and insulators!
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Music Makers

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore distinct styles that have characterized famous musicians and conductors. By studying one musician or conductor in-depth, students become experts on this person's musical style and are given the opportunity to share.
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Overcurrent Protection

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this electrical activity, students answer a series of 13 open-ended questions with schematics about excessive electrical current going through conductors. This activity is printable and there are on-line answers to the questions.
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Applied Science - Physics Lab

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Young scholars investigate electricity. In this Physics lesson, students experiment with insulators and conductors of electricity. Young scholars use batteries as the energy source for the experiment.
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Thermodynamics

For Students 9th - 12th
In this thermodynamics worksheet, students learn about insulators and conductors. Students compare the three ways thermal energy is transferred: conduction, convection, and radiation. This worksheet has 22 matching, 1 multiple choice, 3...
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Matching Circuit

For Students 9th - 12th
In this circuits worksheet, learners answer 16 questions about matching circuits and how they are constructed. They answer questions about insulators and conductors and complete and incomplete circuits. They also answer questions about...

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