Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Waste Not, Want Not: Use the Microbial Fuel Cell to Create Elec

For Students 9th - 10th
Gross. What is that in the toilet? But maybe it's not just gross. Did you know there are bacteria that digest organic waste and create electrons? What if there was a way to collect those electrons to power a circuit? In this science fair...
Unit Plan
Texas A&M University

Peer Curricula: Cells Are Us

For Students 9th - 10th
Find five instructional units on cells: levels of organization, interacting with the outside world, creating energy for the cell, coding and translating instructions, and making protein "machinery" to do things. Each unit is broken down...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Cells! Cells! Cells!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students will learn about both POP Art and science in this pattern project. Working in conjunction with a science teacher in your school, students will view cells through a microscope and use visual diaries to create pattern templates....
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Chemistry Simulation: Battery

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Explore how batteries use redox reactions to create electrical energy to power a flashlight.
Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Engineering the Future of Solar Electricity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Part of a materials science engineering course, a project through which students investigate the future of solar electricity by creating prototypes of solar cells. Students complete exercises in "project planning, analysis, design,...
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Solar Absorbers and the Future of Electricity

For Teachers 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about solar panels being used to create electricity. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Global Wind Belts

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how regional differences in solar radiation create global wind belts.