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In this activity, learners explore how objects can have positive, negative, or neutral charges, which attract, repel and move between objects.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners investigate various appliances and electronics, discovering how much energy each uses and how much carbon dioxide (CO2) is released to produce that energy.

Over $20 per group Ages 11 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity/demo about piezoelectricity, learners discover how some crystals produce electricity when squeezed.

Over $20 per group Ages 4 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore how various energy sources can be used to cause a turbine to rotate.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity about electricity and magnetism, learners examine what happens when a magnet exerts a force on a current-carrying wire.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners create an electrical circuit and investigate how some dissolved substances conduct electricity.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 11 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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This activity (on page 3 of the PDF under GPS: Body Electricity Activity) is a full inquiry investigation into conductivity.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners apply Ohm’s Law to construct voltage divider circuits. Learners discover how to read resistor codes and calculate resistor values.

Over $20 per group Ages 14 - 18 2 to 4 hours
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In this activity, learners will use static elecricity to bend a stream of water without touching it. Learners will explore physics and cause and effect through this activity.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this demonstration, cook a cake using the heat produced when the cake batter conducts an electric current.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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This lesson challenges groups of learners to design and construct a wind generator with the most electrical output.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 11 - 14 2 to 4 hours
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In this engineering activity, learners will get acquainted with the basics of wind energy and power production by fabricating and testing various blade designs for table-top windmills constructed from

Over $20 per group Ages 11 - 14 2 to 4 hours
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In this activity, learners create a battery from fruit. This activity helps learners explore electricity, electrochemistry, and series circuits as well as the process of scientific inquiry.

Over $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this data analysis and environmental science activity, learners evaluate the feasibility of wave energy as a practical alternative energy source using ocean observing system (OOS) buoys.

free Ages 14 - adult 1 to 2 hours
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This lesson focuses on graphene and its electrical properties and applications.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners explore the difference between compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs and traditional incandescent bulbs.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes