Lesson Plan
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Ohm's Law

For Teachers 9th - 10th
For the teacher planning a instructional activity or for the student preparing for a project or presentation. This page describes a series of simple activities related to the voltage-current-resistance relationship.
Graphic
Hunkins Experiments

Hunkin's Experiments: How to Make Oxygen From a Battery

For Students 5th - 9th
Hunkin's Experiments is a group of simple cartoon illustrations of scientific principles. Some would work well in the classroom, but others have little value beyond entertaining students. All of the projects are easy to do. This one...
Handout
University of Guelph

University of Guelph: Physics Tutorials: Ohm's Law

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains Ohm's Law and some facts related to it.
Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: How Does a Robot Work?

For Teachers 4th - 8th
This lesson introduces electricity, batteries and motors using a LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT robot. The associated activity guides learners to build a simple LEGO NXT set-up and see the practical implementation of the concepts discussed. Before...
Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Measuring Vibrational Frequency With Light

For Students 9th - 10th
Strike a key on the piano, and you hear the string vibrating. Just about any object vibrates when it's knocked, but how much and how fast? This project helps you find out. You'll build a simple light-sensing circuit for measuring the...
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Induced Emf in a Coil of Wire

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students use a simple set up consisting of a coil of wire and a magnet to visualize induced EMF. First, students move a coil of wire near a magnet and observe the voltage that results. They then experiment with moving the wire, magnet,...
Website
Other

Internet Society: A Brief History of the Internet

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief history of the internet, written by those who were involved in the development evolution of the Internet. This history revolves around four distinct aspects: the technological evolution, operations and management aspect of a...
Article
Creative Science Centre

Creative Science Centre: Demonstrating the Amplifying Action of a Transistor

For Students 9th - 10th
A simple demonstration is described which shows how a transistor works. By including the audience into the actual circuit and by lighting LED's it shows the potential of the simple transistor amplifier. The extension to two transistors -...
Article
Creative Science Centre

Creative Science Centre: Mini Light Beam Receiver

For Students 9th - 10th
A very simple device to convert light into sound can be made by wiring a solar cell directly to headphones (or an earpiece). The solar cell converts light into electricity and the headphones convert electricity into sound. The limitation...
Activity
Maryland Science Center

Maryland Science Center: Happy Birthday, Harry Potter! [Pdf]

For Students 4th - 6th
Using your knowledge of electricity, learn how to make a 'magic' wand like Harry Potter's that will light up on your command.
Interactive
Walter Fendt

Walter Fendt: Apps Zur Physik

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, in German, offers numerous apps that illustrate common physics principles. Apps are organized into categories: mechanics, oscillations and waves, electrodynamics, optics, thermodynamics, the theory of relativity, physics of...
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Project Britain

Primary Homework Help: Electricity Questions

For Students 3rd - 8th
Brush up on electricity facts before taking this interactive quiz. Students can get immediate feedback by checking the answers after each question.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Learning the Science Behind Electricity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Following a PowerPoint lecture, students will participate in a laboratory investigation where they dissect a disposable camera.
Unit Plan
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Induced Current

For Students 9th - 10th
A current can be induced in a conducting loop if it is exposed to a changing magnetic field. (Java tutorial)
Activity
Concord Consortium

Mobile Inquiry Technology: Moving Magnets

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This investigation has students examining how electric and magnetic charges are related. They will look at how an electric current is affected by the proximity of a magnet.
eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Interactive Physics for High School

For Students 9th - 10th
This digital textbook covers core physics concepts and includes interactive features, real world examples, videos, and study guides.

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