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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Both Fields at Once?!

For Teachers 11th - 12th
This lesson discusses the result of a charge being subject to both electric and magnetic fields at the same time. It covers the Hall effect, velocity selector, and the charge to mass ratio. Given several sample problems, students learn...
Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Electric Current

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive, students can explore how current, voltage, and resistance are related in a model showing the flow of electrons in an electric circuit. They will learn about Ohm's law and how other forms of energy can be made from...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Resistors in Series and Parallel

For Students 10th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The differences between series and parallel circuits are highlighted. Provides an in-depth look at how to solve problems about circuits and resistors. Includes a...
Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Ohm's Law

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive simulation of Ohm's law, adapted from the University of Colorado's Physics Education Technology project, students will adjust the voltage and resistance in a circuit, and observe how this affects the flow of current....
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PBS

Pbs: Tesla Inside the Lab the Tesla Coil

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the PBS companion site to a video about Tesla. This particular page reviews Tesla's accomplishments and follows the events of his life that prove to be both tragic and inspiring. This comprehensive resource provides powerful...
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PBS

Pbs: Tesla Inside the Lab the Tesla Coil

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the PBS companion site to a video about Tesla. This particular page reviews Tesla's most notable invention, the Tesla coil. It's components are described as well as their general uses.
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Science Struck

Science Struck: A Comprehensive List of All the Physics Formulas

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a long list of physics formulas for easy reference.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Add Them Up

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students explore the total voltage provided by several batteries in a series to a battery-operated device. They graph scatter plots, understand multiplication as repeated addition, and use a pattern to develop a...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Energy From Foods Part Ii

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity, students explore how an electrochemical cell works. They use a Voltage Sensor to measure the electrical energy produced when the distance between the electrodes is varied. They also determine the factors that affect the...
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Charging Up, Charging Down: Exponential Models

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students' will use a voltage probe to collect voltage data from a discharging capacitor. They will model potential data using an exponential function.
Article
Creative Science Centre

Creative Science Centre: Two Low Power Led Flashers

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains the design of two circuits that can flash an LED from a single 1.5V battery. A typical LED needs 2-3V to work properly and both these circuits include a voltage doubler to boost the voltage to drive the LED. Both circuits will...
Handout
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Georg Ohm

For Students 9th - 10th
Georg Simon Ohm had humble roots and struggled financially throughout most of his life, but the German physicist is well known today for his formulation of a law, termed Ohm's law, describing the mathematical relationship between...
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Capacitor Properties Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
This lab is designed to have students investigate the different changes that could be made to an air filled capacitor and the results that occur because of these changes. Students can vary the gap between the plates, the size of the...
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Ohm's Law

For Students 9th - 10th
This lab is designed to have students investigate the relationships between voltage, resistance and current in a circuit with only one passive component. This version of the lab requires students to read analog meters to get the voltage...
Interactive
Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Capacitor Charging Through a Resistor in Dc Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
This lab is designed to have students investigate the factors that affect the rate at which a capacitor charges. Students can change the resistance and capacitance in the circuit and monitor the current, voltage and charge on the...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physics Simulation: Ac Transformer

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn about how high-voltage alternating current (AC) electricity generated by a power station is converted into low-voltage AC electricity for your home using this interactive simulation. A PDF...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physics: Electrical Systems Study Guide

For Students 6th - 9th
A study guide covering electrical systems.
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Volt Meter

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
As you put the different type of batteries on the volt meter pay attention to the voltage equations in the table. See how positive and negative numbers interact.
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University of Guelph

University of Guelph: Physics Tutorials: Dc Circuits: Resistors in Series

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains and illustrates the meaning of series connections. Discusses the voltage-current-resistance relationships for series connections of resistors. An example problem on series calculations can be accessed from this page.
Handout
University of Guelph

University of Guelph: Physics Tutorials: Dc Circuits: Resistors in Parallel

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains and illustrates the meaning of parallel connections. Discusses the voltage-current-resistance relationships for parallel connections of resistors. An example problem on parallel calculations can be accessed from this page.
Lesson Plan
TryEngineering

Try Engineering: Series and Parallel Circuits

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The core of this lesson is simple circuits and the differences between parallel and series circuit design. Students perform experiments to test the differences between the two circuit designs using low voltage light bulbs.
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Creative Science Centre

Creative Science Centre: A Simple Demonstration of Piezoelectricity

For Students 9th - 10th
Piezoelectricity is an electrical effect that occurs when mechanical stress is applied to certain materials, e.g., quartz crystals, Rochelle salts, and barium titanate. The sound of a wrist watch alarm or a smoke detector is made by a...
Article
Creative Science Centre

Creative Science Centre: Kelvin Water Dropper Electrostatic Ht Generator

For Students 9th - 10th
Lord Kelvin (William Thomson) developed electrostatic theory and a range of novel and interesting electrostatic apparatuses. Described here is a reconstruction of a water dropper electrostatic generator. It's capable of generating...
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American Association of Physics Teachers

Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Parallel Plate Capacitor

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A simulation investigating a parallel-plate capacitor which is charged by connecting one plate to the positive end of a battery, and the other plate to the negative end. The battery sends electrons from one capacitor plate to the other...

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