Worksheet
Curated OER

Electromagnet

For Students 5th - 8th
In this scientific investigation worksheet, students follow the provided procedures to examine how electricity and magnetism are related and then respond to 4 short answer questions.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

From Playing with Electronics to Data Analysis

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students collect and Analyze data. In this statistics instructional activity, students identify the line of best fit of the graph. They classify lines as having positive, negative and no correlation.
Unit Plan
University of Utah

University of Utah: Aspire: The Aspire Breadboard

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a tutorial for creating a breadboard with an LED display as an educational outreach effort for the Telescope Array cosmic ray research project near Delta, Utah. When completed, the breadboard could be programmed to use actual...
eBook
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Troubleshooting Breadboard Circuits

For Students 9th - 10th
Try these SPARKS troubleshooting breadboard circuit challenges.
eBook
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: How Do Breadboards Work?

For Students 9th - 10th
See how a breadboard electrical circuit works.
eBook
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Measuring Current on a Breadboard

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how measuring current in a circuit is like measuring the flow rate of water in a sprinkler system.
eBook
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Measuring Voltage on a Breadboard

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how measuring voltage in a circuit is like measuring the pressure in a water pipe.
Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Dc Circuits: Series Resistances (Sparks 1)

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive simulation guides you through the wiring of the standard breadboard and presents you with questions regarding voltage drops and currents in series resistive circuits.
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Can You Resist This?

For Teachers 7th - 9th
This lab demonstrates Ohm's law as students set up simple circuits each composed of a battery, lamp and resistor. Students calculate the current flowing through the circuits they create by solving linear equations. After solving for the...
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...