A weightlifter competition that demonstrates the difference between the type of power (voltage) and the amount of power (amperage).
Appropriate Grades: Grade 6,
Subject: Science
Appropriate Materials: None,
To show some of the ways that electrical power is generated.
Appropriate Grades: Grade 5,
Subject: Science
Appropriate Materials: None,
To demonstrate the role of switches in electrical circuits.
Appropriate Grades: Grade 5,
Subject: Science
Appropriate Materials: None,
To create some of the basic circuits inside a "boom box".
Appropriate Grades: Grade 5,
Subject: Science
Appropriate Materials: Metre Stick,
To show that spinning magnets create an electrical current.
Appropriate Grades: Grade 5,
Subject: Science
Appropriate Materials: None,
To demonstrate that magnetism is the result of the way in which the electrons in an object are arranged.
Appropriate Grades: Grade 2, Grade 5,
Subject: Science
Appropriate Materials: Music,