Pine River Area Schools Technology Integration

Magnets and Electricity

Magnet and Electricity Clipart for Presentations

Use the following links as well as any link below for pictures and information for your presentation.

DK Clipart

Maglev Train

Magnets

Earth as a Magnet

Electricity

 
 
How Stuff Works – Magnets  http://www.howstuffworks.com/electromagnet.htm

How Stuff Works – Electricity  http://science.howstuffworks.com/electricity.htm  Class Server Learning Resource Available

 

Magnets from Fact Monster - http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/sci/A0831162.html

 

*Facts About Magnets - http://www.zephyrus.co.uk/magnets.html  with student worksheet.

Take the Amaze Yourself About Magnets Quiz - http://www.zephyrus.co.uk/magnetquiz.html

 

 
 
FOSSweb Magnets –

 http://www.fossweb.com/modules3-6/MagnetismandElectricity/index.html 

The Kitchen Magnets section is cool. Find out places magnets are used that you may not know about.

                             

Magnet Snacks - http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/iconmagnetism.html  Experiments to demonstrate magnetism.

Jefferson Lab Experiments - http://education.jlab.org/beamsactivity/6thgrade/magnetsandelectromagnets/ Building an electro magnet. Data sheets included.

 

 
 
Magnets and Springs - http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/7_8/magnets_springs.shtml  BBC Science clip. Interaction with quiz.

Using Electricity - http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/6_7/electricity.shtml   BBC Science clip. Interaction with quiz.

Circuits and Conductors - http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/8_9/circuits_conductors.shtml  BBC

Changing Circuits - http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/10_11/changing_circuits.shtml BBC

Teacher Resources with printable student worksheets for each of the above BBC interactive science clips - http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/teachersresources/teachersresources.shtml

 

 

*Facts About Electricity - http://www.zephyrus.co.uk/electricitychoice.html with student worksheet.

Take the Shock Yourself About Electricity Quiz - http://www.zephyrus.co.uk/electricityquiz.html

 

 

The Shocking Truth About Electricity - http://library.thinkquest.org/6064/main.html “Have you ever wondered how much we depend on electricity? Where does electricity come from? What are those volts, amps and watts anyway?”  Includes http://library.thinkquest.org/6064/aboutelect.html What is it? How we use it. How we can save it. Vocabulary

 

 
Electrified Ben  -  http://sln.fi.edu/franklin/scientst/electric.html  Listen to the sound of thunder and learn about Franklin’s lighting bells.
 
 
Theatre of Electricity - http://www.mos.org/sln/toe/  Includes information on lightning, sparks, the Van de Graff generator, and Franklin’s Kite. From the Boston Museum of Science.  Franklin’s Kite - http://www.mos.org/sln/toe/kite.html  This site tries to recapture Ben’s experiment.

The Atoms” Family – http://www.miamisci.org/af/sln/  Includes

Frankenstein’s Lightning Laboratory http://www.miamisci.org/af/sln/frankenstein/   Safety, Static Electricity and experiments.

 

 
Kids Energy Page - http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/electricity.html  What is electricity?  How is it generated? How is it measured? (Divided into sections for easier reading.)

Static Electricity - http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/static.html   What causes shocks?  Information, an “I can read about static electricity” section and experiments.

 

Electrical Safety - http://www.miamisci.org/af/sln/frankenstein/safety.html

 

What is a kilowatt hour? - http://michaelbluejay.com/electricity/cost.html

Calculate the cost of electricity.

 

 

 

DK Clipart http://www.dorlingkindersley-uk.co.uk/static/cs/uk/11/clipart/home.html

 

 

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