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Theater of ElectricityTheater of Electricity

http://www.mos.org/sln/toe/toe.html

This site from the

Museum of Science of

Boston deals primarily

with the Van de Graafgenerator - its history

and how it works. It also

goes into Leyden jars

and tesla coil. Great ifyou do or dont have

access to these tools in

your classroom.


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Dialogue for Kids: Electricity

Dialogue for Kids: Electricity

http://idahoptv.org/dialogue4kids/season6/electricity/

This is a companion

site to an

educational show on

Idaho PublicTelevision. Enables

you to watch the

show as well as link

to activities.


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Frankensteins Lightning

Laboratory

Frankensteins Lightning

Laboratory

http://www.miamisci.org/af/sln/frankenstein/index.html

This site has an

interactive activity

on electrical safety,

and activity aboutstatic electricity, and

directions to make a

lemon battery.


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Static ElectricityStatic Electricity

http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/static.html

This is a nice kid-

friendly site

explaining static

electricity. Someactivities are

included to reinforce

the concepts.


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How Electricity Works

How Electricity Works

http://science.howstuffworks.com/electricity.htm

Part of the How

Stuff Works site, it

does exactly what is

says - explains howelectricity works.

More suitable for

teachers and older

students.


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The Blobz Guide to Electric

Circuits

The Blobz Guide to Electric

Circuits

http://www.andythelwell.com/blobz/guide.html

This a great interactive

site with information,

activities, and games

that help studentsunderstand how

electricity works.


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Snacks About ElectricitySnacks About Electricity

http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/iconelectricity.ht

ml

This is part of the

Exploratorium website

and has activities

students can do tolearn about electricity.


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Energy QuestEnergy Quest

http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/about.html

Energy Quest is the

award-winning energy

education website of the

California EnergyCommission. With the

amount of content on

this site, its no surprise

that is won awards.


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The Shocking Truth About

Electricity

The Shocking Truth About

Electricity

http://library.thinkquest.org/6064/main.html

This is a great

ThinkQuest

designed by

students forstudents.

Everything

from the

history ofelectricity to

circuits to

experiments

can be found

here.


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Tell Me More -

Electricity Basics

Tell Me More -

Electricity Basics

http://www.pge.com/microsite/safety_esw_ngsw/esw/

science/basics.html

Created by Pacific

Gas and Electric,

this site covers the

basics of electricity

and electrical safety.


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Physics4kids

Electricity and Magnetism

Physics4kids

Electricity and Magnetism

http://www.physics4kids.com/files/elec_intro.html

Created by

Pacific Gas

and Electric,this site

covers the

basics of

electricity and

electrical

safety.


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Make Lightning StrikeMake Lightning Strike

http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environm

ent/natural-disasters/lightning-interactive.html

A great

interactive

activity about

lighting onthe National

Geographic

site.


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Energy KidsP

ageEnergy KidsP

age

http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/electrici

ty.html

This is probably a

better resource

for teachers and

older students,

but it still contains

good information.


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Electricity PowerPoint

Presentations

Electricity PowerPoint

Presentations

http://science.pppst.com/electricity.html

A collection of

PowerPoint

presentationsabout electricity.

The quality of the

presentations

varies.


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The Electricity BookThe Electricity Book

http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client

_ftp/ks2/science/electricity_book1/index.htm

A nice interactive

site for students

to learn about

electricity.


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Power

Plant

Tour

Power

Plant

Tour

http://www.srpnet.com/education/tour/default.aspx

Students can go on

a virtual tour of a

power plant. Nice

interactive site.


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TVA Kids: Electricity

TVA Kids: Electricity

http://www.tvakids.com/electricity/index.htm

Created and

maintained by the

Tennessee Valley

Authority, it explainswhat the TVA is and

information on

different alternative

sources of energy.


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Energy Information

Administration

Energy Information

Administration

http://www.eia.doe.gov/fuelelectric.html

This is a great

resource for

students to look up

authentic data

regarding how much

electricity is used in

different areas ofthe country.


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Explain that Stuff - ElectricityExplain that Stuff - Electricity

http://www.explainthatstuff.com/electricity.html

This site offers

brief explanations

on static

electricity andhow electricity

works. There is

link explaining

how to make an

electromagnet.


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Living Safely With ElectricityLiving Safely With Electricity

http://www.deir.qld.gov.au/electricalsafety/livingaroun

delectricity/living-safely-with-electricity/index.html

This a great site for

teaching children

about using

electricity safely.Links include a kids

page, a teacher

page, and a

workbook.

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