Activity
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Physics/electricity & Magnetism

For Students 9th - 10th
Exploratorium Science Snacks are miniature science exhibits and experiments that can be made with common, inexpensive, easily available materials. These electricity snacks represent a set of devices that you can build and experiment with...
Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Lights Out!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson introduces the concept of electricity by asking students to imagine what their life would be like without electricity. Two main forms of electricity, static and current, are introduced. Students learn that electrons can move...
Lesson Plan
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Series and Parallel Circuits

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A teacher lesson plan which could be easily converted into an idea for a student project or presentation. Ideal for pre-high school students. This page describes an activity in which the history of electric circuits, the nature of...