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Electricity Layered Curriculum

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students describe how electric charges exert forces on each other as well as compare the strengths of electric and gravitational forces. They distinguish between conductors and insulators. In addition, students examine voltage and...
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Electrical Circuits

For Students 4th - 5th
In this electrical circuits worksheet, students read a text and examine a diagram to learn the parts of a simple electric circuit. Students then answer 6 questions about electrical circuits. This is an online interactive worksheet.
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Energy Conversion in Electricity – Resistors and Circuits

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Pupils explore electrical energy. In this electricity lesson, students design and build a large circuit in order to determine whether circuit size correlates with the light of a bulb.
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Alessandro Volta: The Invention of the Voltaic Pile (The First Electric Battery)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students conduct a series of experiments on electricity. In this physics lesson, students study the work of Alessandro Volta particularly his experiment on the the Voltaic Pail. They build their own Voltaic Pile to recreate his experiment.
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Electric Eels

For Students 9th - 12th
For this electric eels worksheet, students read about the special muscle cells called electroplaques found in electric eels. Then students complete 3 short answer questions.
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Read an Electric Meter

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore electricity. For this science lesson, 3rd graders discuss how electricity is transmitted and complete a worksheet in which they practice reading an electric meter.
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Electricity

For Teachers 1st
First graders become aware of the presence of static electricity. They create static electricity using friction.
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Electric Field Mapping in 3D

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students create a 3D vector field map of an electric field. In this physics lesson, students measure the voltage inside an aquarium with water. They present their findings and map to class..
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Leyden Jar: Static Electricity

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students experiment with a Leyden Jar, a device that stores electrical charges. A large voltage can be built up in this jar by adding more and more charge. The modern name for this device is a capacitor.
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Static Electricity

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars engage in a lesson that is concerned with the concept of static electricity. They conduct an experiment with balloons and make observations of how it works. The data is collected and written down and they define positive,...
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Using Electricity

For Students 4th - 5th
In this electricity worksheet, students study the circuit diagram color the light bulb yellow and tick the box if they think there is electricity for that example. Students cross out the boxes with no electricity current.
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How Smart are You about Electricity, Batteries and Conductors?

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students create working circuits. In this electricity and circuits lesson, students make a battery, then build a flashlight and use part of the flashlight to create a conductivity tester.
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Electricity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students identify the relationship between batteries, circuits and voltage. In this physics lesson, students investigate the way batteries are put into different apparatus. They discuss why different machinery need different voltage of...
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Measuring Current

For Students 10th - 12th
In this measuring current worksheet, students determine where the switch should be placed in a circuit and how the current at one point in a circuit compares to other points in the circuit. Students also draw diagrams of an ammeter and...
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Understanding Thunderstorms

For Students 7th - 10th
In this thunderstorm worksheet, students read about thunder and lightning and the forces behind both. They also read about the timing difference between thunder and lightning. Students answer three critical thinking questions about...
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Galvanic Reactions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers create a battery using pennies. In this galvanic reactions lesson plan, students use pennies, a washer, salt water, wires, tape and a paper towel to create a battery. They use a voltmeter to record the voltage in their...
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Two Button Buzzer Circuit

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Learners explore circuit structure, draw a schematic for it, and construct a two button buzzer model out of wires, a battery, buttons (switches), and a buzzer.
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Series and Parallel Circuits

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
Electricians draw four different circuits and answer questions about the resistance, voltage drop, and current at different points in each. Completing this instructional activity will help make sure that your class is understanding what...
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Changing Fields

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Eddy currents, Faraday's Law and Lenz's Law provide the connection between train brakes and and MRI machines in a lesson that asks teachers to provided the material needed so the pupils can understand the properties of changing magnetic...
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Electrons on the Move

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders study current electricity while constructing a simple electric circuit. They build a galvanic cell to examine the concepts of voltage, current and resistance.
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Electric Avenue: Parallel and Series Circuits

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Can you infer the wiring diagram of a series of lights based on their behavior alone? Scholars work with multiple boxes of four lights. They must flip the switch and decide how the lights are wired. By applying their knowledge of...
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What is an Electric Current?

For Students 4th - 6th
In this electric current worksheet, students will write down three facts about electric currents. Based on these facts, students will come up with a conclusion as to what an electric current is.
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Resistor and Resistance

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore electrical resistance through various experiments. For this physics lesson, students calculate resistance using a mathematical formula. They explain how colors identify the resistance value of a resistor.
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Electricity and Magnets

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders find examples of magnets in or around their homes and make a list. They discover that some motors use magnets and make a simple motor using magnets, a battery and copper wire. They add to their magnet list.

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