Electricity Experiments

Circuits

"Chirping Chick" with small electrodes on bottom	completing the circuit by holding hands makes the chick chirp	seeing if water is a conductor of electricity	simple circuit
open circuit	closed circuit	tin foil circuit	simple circuit with buzzer
flashlight	potato as a conductor	water as a conductor	playing the game Operation and figuring out how it works electronic circuit-wise

Inspecting High Voltage Wires

Sometimes there is just no substitute for a real human being -- like when you need to crawl on hands and knees across high voltage power transmission lines to inspect them.  Scary! Click here to see the video.

The Sound of Power Lines

High Voltage Arc

Other Great Resources

• http://www.andythelwell.com/blobz - circuits game

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/science/physical/11_act.shtml  - circuits game

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/science/materials/07b_act.shtml  - conductors game

• http://teacher.scholastic.com/dirt/circuits/lab.htm - make a simple circuit with foil, battery and bulb

• http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/iconelectricity.html  - electricity experiments

• http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/sparker.html - static electricity experiment

• http://www.miamisci.org/af/sln/wolfman/fruity.html - fruity electricity

• http://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/sci/snapcracklejump.html  - Zoom static experiment

• http://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/sci/electricgelatin.html  - electric gelatin experiment

• http://www.can-do.com/uci/lessons99/electricity.html  - make your own simple circuit

• http://homepage.eircom.net/~kogrange/6th_ys_05_exp1.html  - a class's electricity experiments - links at bottom of the page

• http://www.physlink.com/estore/cart/EnergyBall.cfm - Energy Ball

• Barron's Super-Charges Science Projects Electromagnets In Action

• Batteries, Bulbs, and Wires by Alan Ward

• Bill Nye The Science Guy: Electricity DVD http://dep.disney.go.com/educational/billnye/

• Let's Read-and-Find-Out Science Book:  Switch On, Switch Off by Melvin Berger

• Electric Mischief: Battery Powered Gadgets Kids Can Build by Alan Bartholomew

• Making Science Work: Electricity and Magnetism by Terry Jennings

• Science View: Electricity & Magnetism by Steve Parker

• Young Scientists: Electricity by Malcolm Dixon and Karen Smith

• http://www.physlink.com/eStore/cart/ElectronicKits.cfm - electronic kits and supplies

• http://www.discoverthis.com/electricity.html - electronic kits

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