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Electricity and Electrical Circuits
Students are introduced to electricity and electrical circuits. In groups, they draw circuit diagrams, complete a KWL chart and discover the difference between open, closed and series circuits. They define new vocabulary and make...
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Maximum Power Point
Students investigate how to optimize the power output of a photovoltaic cell using a home-made gnomon stand. They use data collected to create current-voltage and power-voltage curves to determine the "maximum PowerPoint," (MPP) at which...
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Introduction to the Oscilloscope as a Voltmeter
Students measure the electric potential of 9 volt batteries using oscilloscopes. They draw a diagram of the front panel of the oscilloscope, conduct the experiment, and create a graph of voltage versus the number of batteries.
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Ohm's Law, Watt's Law and Solving Formulas.
Students, in groups, connect a 10 ohm resistor across their 1.5 volt battery, and take voltage readings every 5 minutes.
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How do Ohm's Law and Constraint-Based Reasoning Help in Thinking About Circuits?
Learners investigate Ohm's Law. Through experimentation, students observe Ohm's law. Using the voltage and resistance, learners calculate with Ohm's law. Students collaborate in other activities to apply Ohm's Law to series and...
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Safety
Young scholars investigate the concept of voltage and electricity. They differentiate between an insulator and a conductor in the context of using electrical safety with the help of a doll house. Then students pretend the doll lives in a...
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Electrical Current
Students describe an electrical current and the factors that determine the resistance of an object. In this electrical current lesson students discuss their knowledge of voltage, current and resistance.
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Measuring Electricity
Students examine electricity, what its uses are and how it works. For this exploring electricity lesson students study voltage, resistance, current and OHM's law.
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Transformation of Energy
Sixth graders explore and discuss how several electrical devices work and what energy conversions occur in each device. They connect a zinc strip to a copper strip with alligator clips and wire, immersing each strip in lemon and check...
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Electricity
In this electricity worksheet, students review parallel and series circuits, calculate voltage, and determine electric fields. This worksheet has 18 problems to solve.
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Organic Solar Energy and Berries
You can eat a solar cell? A unit on solar energy begins with a discussion about organic solar cells, followed by directions on how to build your own. After following the teacher's directions to build an anthocyanin...
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Oranges and Batteries
Orange you glad you can make circuits using fruit? Young electricians learn about electric circuits and electricity. As part of the lesson, they build a circuit with an orange and then with a banana.
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Magnetism
For this magnetism worksheet, students review concepts relating to magnetic fields, transformers, galvanometers, and electric motors. This worksheet has 9 fill in the blank and 11 short answer questions.
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Build a Tesla Coil
High schoolers explore tesla coil through various experiments. In this physics lesson, students build their own tesla coils based on a given procedure. They discuss its real world applications.
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Comparing Different Energy Resources
Young scholars examine the advantages and disadvantages of the different sources of energy. In this energy lesson students complete an experiment and worksheet.
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Intermediate Electromagnetism and Electromagnetic Induction
In this electrical circuit worksheet, students answer a series of 24 open-ended questions about electromagnetism and electromagnetic induction. This worksheet is printable and the answers are revealed online.
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DC Generator Theory
In this online worksheet students answer a series of 14 essay or short answer questions explaining the DC generator theory. The correct answer is available to check their responses to each question. The questions vary in...
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AC Power
In this physics worksheet, 12th graders calculate the power generated in AC circuits. They solve and write short answers to 47 questions about given circuits.
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Circuits- Lock-out/ Tag-out
In this circuits worksheet, students answer eight questions about different types of circuits, grounding cables to reduce electric shock, circuit breakers and locking and tagging a disconnect device.
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Performance-Based Assessments for Basic Electricity Competencies
In this electricity activity, students are assessed given 29 schematics and a competency for each schematic. They find either the conditions found in each schematic, the parameters of the schematic or give an analysis of the schematic...
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Inductance
In this inductance worksheet, learners answer 20 questions about magnetic fields as they relate to inductors, inertia, transistors, and the flow of current through circuits.
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Open-Loop Op-Amp Circuits
In this electrical worksheet, students design and build a op-amp model to show understanding after answering a series of 18 open-ended questions that include analyzing schematics. This worksheet is printable and there are on-line answers...
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Digital-to Analog Conversion
In this electrical circuit worksheet, students answer a series of 13 open-ended questions about digital-to-analog converter circuits. They analyze schematics in order to answer the questions. This worksheet is printable and the answers...
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Resistor and Resistance
Students explore electrical resistance through various experiments. In this physics lesson, students calculate resistance using a mathematical formula. They explain how colors identify the resistance value of a resistor.