Activity
National Geographic

National Geographic: Building Circuits

For Teachers 4th - 8th
In this lesson, students build series and parallel circuits and test their conductivity. Includes handouts with diagrams, and a vocabulary list with definitions.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Series Circuits

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Using diagrams, video clips, and informational text, students learn how electrical current flows through a series circuit.
Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Many Paths

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the composition and practical application of parallel circuitry, compared to series circuitry. Students design and build parallel circuits and investigate their characteristics, and apply Ohm's law.
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Hands on Activity: Designing a Thermostat

For Teachers 9th - 10th
By building a basic thermostat, students will explore basic circuitry and electricity. The thermostat built out of a breadboard, temperature sensor chip, amplifier, and battery creates a linear relationship between temperature of the...
Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: Chart of Electrical Symbols With Their Meanings

For Students 9th - 10th
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.

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