Curated OER
The Improvement of the Electric Light Bulb
Learners study how the first electric light was made and the history behind it. In this electricity lesson students create their own light bulb.
Curated OER
Incandescent Light Bulb
Students study the history of the light bulb and how an incandescent light bulb works. For this electricity lesson students complete several experiments on the light bulb.
Nikola Tesla documentary student worksheet
Curated OER
Lights Out!
Students examine static and current electricity, and discuss what their lives would be like without electricity. They listen to a teacher-led lecture about electrons and atoms, and explore static electricity using a comb or a balloon...
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: John Ambrose Fleming
John Ambrose Fleming was an electronics pioneer who invented the oscillation valve, or vacuum tube, a device that would help make radios, televisions, telephones and even early electronic computers possible. A brilliant innovator,...