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Thomas Edison

For Students 7th - 12th
In this online interactive history quiz learning exercise, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Thomas Edison. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Thomas Edison

For Students 10th - 12th
In this online interactive history worksheet, students respond to 10 short answer and essay questions about the accomplishments of Thomas Edison. Students may check some of their answers on the interactive worksheet.
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Electricity and Magnetism: Ben Franklin and His Influence

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore electricity by examining the life of Benjamin Franklin.  In this biographical lesson, 4th graders listen to the teacher read facts of Benjamin Franklin's life and analyze his contributions to our current...
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Electricity: merit badge

For Teachers 5th - 12th
In this electricity worksheet, students fill out short answer questions using their workbook about electricity in order to get a merit badge. Students complete 11 questions total.
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Earth's Energy

For Teachers K - 5th
Students discuss the Earth's energy. In this science lesson, students construct a simple circuit, a series circuit, and a parallel circuit.
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The Power of the Plug: How Electricity Will Change Our Lives... Again

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students study electricity. In this physics lesson, students review electrical energy by discussing three ways of generating it. Students explore various energy sources used for creating electricity and examine how different states...
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Static Electricity

For Students 7th - 9th
In this static electricity worksheet, students experiment with balloons, plastic bags and flannel clothes to observe attraction and repulsion of objects. Students complete three data tables indicating the charge on the objects and if...
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Thomas Edison on Trial

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students learn about Thomas Edison and his invention laboratory/factory and the concept that he might not have given enough credit to the employees who invented for him. They hold a trial to determine guilt or innocence as a outcome.
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Electricity - How it Works and How We Measure and Pay For It

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate energy consumption by researching wattage.  In this electricity lesson, students discuss how electricity works and gets transferred to our electronic devices through generators and circuits.  Students...
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Electric Gameboards

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore the properties of electricity.  In this electricity lesson, students construct an electric game board circuit using their knowledge of a series electrical circuit. Students develop game ideas based on current...
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What is An Electromagnet?

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore and define electromagnets. In 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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Interactive Question Asker

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Learners practice studying chapters from a unit by creating an electric circuit.  In this electronic studying lesson, students utilize a file folder, hole punch, foil, light bulb and battery to create a wired circuit behind answers...
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Interactive Notes-"Electricity"

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars explore electricity.  In this interactive electricity lesson, students create static electricity with balloons, observe the rate at which ice melts to identify conductors and insulators, and create a static...
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Circuits and Electromagnets- A Total Inquiry Investigation

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate how electromagnets work.  In this circuits and electromagnets instructional activity, students complete a series of four challenges using electricity and magnetism.  
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IPC-Sources of Energy Assignment

For Teachers 7th - 9th
In this sources of energy worksheet, students complete a concept map and they choose one of the sources of energy in the concept map to research. They create a magazine ad, a newspaper editorial, a newspaper article or any other creative...
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Basic Electromagnetism and Electromagnetic Induction

For Students 9th - 12th
In this electromagnetism and electromagnetic induction activity, students answer 12 questions about electricity, about the magnetic fields in given diagrams, about the right-hand rule and about electric current and voltage in magnetic...
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Static electricity: Ah, There's the rub!

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students experiment to investigate static electricity.  In this static electricity lesson plan, students prepare a balloon head and draw a face on it.  Students rub the nose and the balloon moves toward the student rubbing.
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3-D Magnetic Field

For Students 6th - 8th
In this magnetism worksheet, students build a 3 dimensional magnetic field by using a juice bottle, a test tube, iron fillings and a magnet. Students write a descriptive story about what they observe once their bottle is complete and...
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Electricity and Magnetism

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this electricity worksheet, students read and reflect on what electromagnets are and how they attract objects. Students put 4 events in order that would make an electromagnet start attracting objects and identify 3 ways to increase...
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Let's Light up a Light Bulb

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders investigate electricity.  In this electricity activity, 3rd graders observe a familiar battery-operated toy and brainstorm reasons why and how the battery works.  Students work in pairs to explore batteries,...
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Experience the 5E Instructional Model with Electrical Circuits

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students build electrical circuits. In this lesson teaching pre-service teachers how to use the 5E instructional model, students use materials to explore how to create an electrical circuit.
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Series and Parallel Circuits

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore electrical circuits. In this electrical circuit lesson, 4th graders research the history of the use of light and read a biography regarding Benjamin Franklin. Students the build basic circuits, series...
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Energy Adventure Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students complete a scavenger hunt. In this energy lesson, students use various Internet websites to explore forms of energy, non-renewable sources, renewable sources, electricity, uses of energy and energy efficiency.
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The Magic of Static

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students investigate static electricity. In this physics lesson, students participate in an experiment with balloons to demonstrate how static electricity works.