Chem4kids
Chem4 Kids: Atoms: Electrons
Learn about an electron's negative charge, location, and role in bonding. Website also investigates electrons uses in electricity.
Other
Electrical Safety Council: Switched on Kids: Electricity Safety
Explore a house for dangers lurking from careless behaviors around electricity. Students can take a quiz afterwards and print a certificate. Includes games, coloring pages, lesson plan materials, and resources for parents.
University of Wisconsin
The Why Files: Keeping an Eye on Ions
Discusses the development of a new rocket engine that operates by the ion propulsion as opposed to gas propulsion. Well written and great graphics!
Museum of Science
The Atom's Family: Fruity Electricity
Frankenstein's electricity is out. In this activity, students help him find another source of energy using citrus fruit. Good for students who want to do their own projects or for class lessons.
PBS
Pbs: Rough Science: Island Power Plant
Learn how to create electricity and your own electrical gadgets! Site provides users with information on how to make a battery, flashlight, buzzer an electric motor.
California Institute of Technology
Magnet Lab: Caltech Physics Applets
Although specifically designed for physics students at Caltech, anyone interested in learning more about electricity, magnetism or various other physical phenomena can benefit by exploring these interactive applets. A circuit tutorial...
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Carl Friedrich Gauss
Although he is best known as one of the greatest mathematicians of all time, Carl Friedrich Gauss was also a pioneer in the study of magnetism and electricity. To facilitate an extensive survey of terrestrial magnetism, he invented an...
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Aluminum Air Battery
Create a battery that is strong enough to power a light or a small motor in this activity. Activity uses simple materials such as: aluminum foil, salt water, and charcoal to make this battery.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Hand Battery
In this activity students will create a battery by placing their hands on two different metal plates.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Electric and Magnetic Forces
Given diagrams, illustrations, or descriptions, students will identify examples of electric and magnetic forces.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Electricity: The Mouse Cheese Analogy
This page uses a mouse and cheese analogy to show the relationships involved in electricity through currents and charges. Among the topics covered by the analogy are voltage, resistance and electromagnetism.
University of Arizona
Pulse: Powerful Explorations of Health and Energy
A cross curricular unit where students simulate an energy task meeting to discuss protecting human health through energy policies. The unit covers content for twelfth grade in math, physics, language arts, and government. Topics reviewed...
About Kids Health
About Kids Health: Holiday Safety
The holiday season is a great time for children, but it can also lead to injuries. Read these simple tips to keep kids safe during the holidays.
University of Glasgow
University of Glasgow: Kelvin Collection
This collection provides links to a variety of information about William Thomson (Lord) Calvin including rare books and an in-depth biography on the life and works of Lord Kelvin. Read about his childhood and education, his many...
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: The Tinkering Studio: Circuit Boards
Some history behind the function of the circuit board, with a guided activity guide for students to download.
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Other
Lesson Plan: Generate Your Own Hydropower [Pdf]
In this online lesson plan, students will generate their own hydropower demonstrating how power is converted to electricity.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Put the Charge in the Goal
Students face a game-like challenge to use electrostatic forces to move a charged puck into a goal. By placing charges on the rink, a charged puck can be attracted and repelled around obstacles and into a goal.
Other
K 3 Learning Pages: Web Resources Thunderstorms
Check out this comprehensive list of web resources on thunderstorms and safety. Students and teachers will benefit from the links found on this site.
BBC
Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Electric Circuits
Current transfers energy around circuits. Circuit components have various properties that can be measured and then used to make circuits for control and also circuits for testing other components.
Science Struck
Science Struck: Chart of Electrical Symbols With Their Meanings
A useful list of electrical symbols that are used in schematic diagrams. Each symbol is accompanied by its name and a caption stating its function.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Coulomb's Law Lab
This mini-lab allows students to discover the relationships that create Coulomb's Law.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Physics
A good resource offering lessons, animations, slide shows, example exams, and facts covering basic physics topics: mechanics, electricity & magnetism, energy, waves, and modern physics.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Get Charged!
Students are introduced to the idea of electrical energy. They learn about the relationships between charge, voltage, current and resistance. They discover that electrical energy is the form of energy that powers most of their household...
National Museum of Science and Industry (UK)
Ingenious: Electricity and Magnetism Images
This series of images is a combined collection of over three museums' collections of physics electricity and magnetism images. The images are sorted by pages with about nine images per page and five pages.