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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Experience the 5E Instructional Model with Electrical Circuits

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students build electrical circuits. In this lesson teaching pre-service teachers how to use the 5E instructional model, students use materials to explore how to create an electrical circuit.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Parallel Circuits

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Young scholars investigate the way an electrical circuit works. In this physics lesson plan, students use voltmeters and ammeters to measure voltage. They construct a circuit using provided circuit kits.
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Organizer
Curated OER

What is Electrical Energy?

For Students 4th - 6th
In this electrical energy worksheet, students write in 3 causes and effects of electrical energy. This worksheet is a graphic organizer.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

How a Circuit Works

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students discover the basic principles of circuits by designing and testing some of their own. They are told that circuits usually have a power source such as a battery and a resistor such as a light. Students make a circuit using a...
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Interactive
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Circuit Construction Kit

For Students 9th - 10th
Build circuits with resistors, light bulbs, batteries, and switches. Take measurements with the realistic ammeter and voltmeter. View the circuit as a schematic diagram, or switch to a life-like view.
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Interactive
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Circuit Construction Kit (Ac+dc)

For Students 9th - 10th
This new version of the CCK adds capacitors, inductors and AC voltage sources to your toolbox! Now you can graph the current and voltage as a function of time. Java required.
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Interactive
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Circuit Construction Kit (Dc Only)

For Students 9th - 10th
An electronics kit in your computer! Build circuits with resistors, light bulbs, batteries, and switches. Take measurements with the realistic ammeter and voltmeter. View the circuit as a schematic diagram, or switch to a life-like view....
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Lesson Plan
Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Earth's Energy

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
A hands-on lesson plan for helping young scholars understand simple circuits, series circuits, and parallel circuits, and the differences between the three.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigate Electric Circuits Through Construction and Illustration

For Teachers 9th - 10th
For this physics lesson 4th grade learners investigate electrical circuits in greater depth than the FOSS unit used in a prior grade in school. Students become familiar with a computer simulation allowing them greater choices of...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Combined Series Parallel Circuits

For Students 10th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Presents methods for solving electrical circuit problems where there is a combination of series and parallel circuit features.