ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETS

GENERAL SITES

AC/DC What's the Difference?

   - Interactive PBS site which explains the differences between AC/DC currents

Canadian Science and Technology Museum

   - Through "Search" find a wealth of fantastic activities 

Electricity and Magnetism

   - Phenomena associated with electricity and magnetism  

Electricity and Magnetism

   - The basic concepts of electricity and magnetism

How Stuff Works - Electromagnets

   - Demonstration of how electromagnets work 

Science Made Simple

   - What is static electricity 

Theater of Electricity

   - Offers information about the history of electricity 

Virtual Labs and Simulations

   - Several online simulations demonstrating electricity and magnets

 

STUDENT SITES

Brain Pop

   - Explore electricity and magnetism (**note - Brain Pop offers a 14 day free trial sign up)

Electrical Force

   - Electric fields and electromagnetic waves

Electrical Safety World

   - Keep safe and learn about electricity and safety

Explore Learning

   - Interactive learning experience complete with shockwave experiments and games

Just For Kids

   - Games, virtual tours and information 

The Atoms Family

   - Dracula and all his buddies are dying to share their scientific brains with you 

Electricity and Energy

   - Electricity tutorial with interactive games, activities and lessons

 

LESSON PLANS and EXPERIMENTS

Brown Bag Science

   - Hands on science investigation into electricity  

Canadian Science and Technology Museum

   - Through "Search" find a wealth of fantastic activities 

Electricity and Magnetism

   - Over 30 experiments and lesson plans on electricity and magnetism

Hands On Activities

   - Series of experiments and activities on electricity  and magnets

Hands On Technology

   - More than a dozen experiments involving electricity and magnets

Science Bob

   - Build your own electromagnet 

Science Toys You Can Make With Your Kids

   - Check out the section on electricity and magnetism 

SNACKS - Electricity

   - A collection of exhibits that can be made with inexpensive and common materials 

Static Electricity Page

   - A Website full of projects, articles and forums about static electricity

Teach-nology

   - EVERYTHING!! Lesson plans, bulletin boards, worksheets, interactives and downloads

The Electric Pickle

   - An experiment which will give you a glowing pickle

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