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Janice VanCleave's Electricity: Mind-boggling Experiments You Can Turn Into Science Fair Projects
Janice VanCleave's Electricity: Mind-boggling Experiments You Can Turn Into Science Fair Projects
by Janice VanCleave
This collection of 20 science demonstrations illustrates basic properties of electricity, from static electricity to simple circuits and eletromagneticism. They all use household materials and include a brief explanation of what happened, some ideas for additional experiments, and a section called "show time" for science fairs. Experimental details are clear and written at a basic level.
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How to make a BristleBot
Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories shows you how to make a robotic toothbrush using a watch battery, foam tape, a vibration motor and some wire.

I want to find out more about electricity

AC/DC: What's the Difference?
To find out more about alternating and direct current, what exactly an electric current is, and two ways that the currents can be produced, check out the interactive illustrations on these pages.

Electricity and Magnetism
This module will introduce you to many of the basic concepts involved with Electricity and Magnetism. We will introduce you to static charge, moving charge, voltage, resistance, and current. Magnetism and how it relates to electricity will also be presented.

How Batteries Work
Learn some fun facts about batteries and flashlights ... how they work, their history, how to take care of them ... and visit our Science Center to experiment with our do-it-yourself science projects. From the Energizer company.

Interactive Electricity Book
Don't be put off by the simplicity of the opening window. View this animated site of basic electronics concepts.

K'nex® Elevator
Mrs. Frisby was amazed by the elevator the Rats of NIMH had built. You can build your own electric elevator if you have a K'nex set. Here's how Lianna did it.

The Lemon Battery
Did you know you can make electricity without a battery or a generator? You can make a small amount of electricity with a lemon. Note: wash the coins thoroughly first!

Molecular Expressions: Electricity and Magnetism
These interactive Java tutorials will help you understand how electrical devices work.

Tell Me More - Electricity Basics
This section good for that basic report. Other sections deal with safety for kids around electricity. From PG&E.

Theatre of Electricity
All about the huge Van de Graaff Generator at the Museum of Science in Boston. Includes a Quicktime movie showing how it works.

What Is "Electricity"?
This question is impossible to answer because the word "Electricity" has several different meanings. These different meanings contradict each other, and the contradictions confuse everyone. If you don't understand electricity, you're not alone. Even teachers, engineers, and scientists have a hard time understanding it.

Where do we get energy to run our house?

Edison's Miracle of Light
In September 1878, when Thomas Edison announced his intention to harness Niagara Falls and produce a safe, electric light system, gas stocks plummeted on Wall Street.

Energy Ant
Energy issues for children. Understanding renewable sources of energy versus nonrenewable sources. From the Energy Information Administration.

Energy Quest
Science projects, stories, puzzles, an art contest, and other energy-related things to do. From the California Energy Commission.

Experiments from the Charles Edison Fund
You can become an energy waste-watcher! Once you know what to look for, you can make valuable energy-saving suggestions to your friends and your parents.

How Much Does Electricity Cost?
Mom just reminded Junior for the umpteenth time to turn off the light in his bedroom when he leaves. It happens in my house and I'm sure it happens in yours. Just how much electricity is Junior wasting? In fact, how much does it cost to run most of our common appliances?

Kansas City Power & Light Kids Clubhouse
Delightful site from a power company to help kids understand all about electricity through games, projects and experiments.

Nuclear Power
How power is generated in a nuclear power plant. The benefits and risks. Illustrated with animated graphics.

Roofus' Solar Home
Roofus is a dog who has made his doghouse "energy smart." You can test your home and make it use solar energy, too.

Virtual Power Plant Tour
Another coal-burning power plant tour, but with Quicktime and Shockwave multimedia features. Best with fast connection.

I want to find out more about electronics

60th Birthday of Transistor
Podcast, mp3 player needed. Historian Lance Metz reflects on this and other questions relating to the 60th anniversary of the invention of the transistor. Douglas Peters, a retired technician, shares what it was like to work at the Allentown, Penn., plant that manufactured the first transistors.

Basic Electronics
Without a thorough grasp of basic electronics you will never fully understand the later and much more complicated electronics tutorials. As a suggestion start by reviewing "starting out in basic electronics" followed by some radio electronics terminology.

Electronic Circuits
Here are some neat circuits you might want to try to build.

Electronics For Children
Hi! My name is Digit. I just hopped off my circuit board to welcome you to my electronic room. Have you ever wondered how your everyday electronic devices work? Well, we'll show you how!

Electronics For Kids
You can learn about the basics of electronics by looking at magnetism, static electricity and simple circuits with some very simple experiments.

I want to build a motor

Beakman's Electric Motor
I saw this on the TV show Beakman's World and I was very impressed that you could actually build a working electric motor with so few parts. [Motor Eléctrico De Beakman en Español]

Build an Electric motor in 10 Minutes
The motor is simply a battery, a magnet, and a small coil of wire you make yourself. There is a secret to making it (which I will of course share with you) which is at the same time clever and delightfully simple.

Simple Electrostatic Motor
Build this high voltage motor from plastic pop bottles, by William J. Beaty.

What is Static Electricity?

Electrical Fleas
Start your own electric flea circus! In this Exploratorium Snack, static electricity makes electric "fleas" jump up and down.

Sticky Electrostatics
There are several things which interfere with our understanding of "Static Electricity." Most demonstrations incorrectly focus on friction. Also, the nature of matter and the fundamental reasons for charge conservation are usually ignored. By William J. Beaty.

Stranger Than Friction
Ever been shocked on a cold day by touching a doorknob or another person's hand? If so, you've experienced firsthand the effects of static electricity.

Static Electricity Page
Homeschooling dad, Bill B, has page after page of experiments you can do to help understand static electricity and its uses.

What is Static Electricity?
You walk across the rug, reach for the doorknob and..........ZAP!!! You get a shock. What was that???!!!

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Batteries, Bulbs, and Wires
Batteries, Bulbs, and Wires
Science Facts and Experiments
by David Glover
Gr 3-6 - With projects ranging from building a basic battery-connected circuit to a do-it -yourself burglar alarm, children will have fun discovering the properties and principles of electricity.
 
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Battery Science
Make Widgets That Work and Gadgets That Go
by Doug Stillinger
Ages 9-12 - Master the real science behind electricity and have a blast doing it. Includes a genuine Klutz alkaline battery, a buzzer, a propeller, a light bulb, a motor and other useful doodads -- everything you need for all 8 projects. Toss in a little history, and you've got an activity book so good, it's shocking.
 
Electric Gadgets and Gizmos
Electric Gadgets and Gizmos
Battery-Powered Buildable Gadgets that Go!
by Alan Bartholomew
Kids begin by learning about the parts of a basic circuit and go on to build switches and battery packs. Projects are made from recycled household materials -- such as cardboard tubes, clothespins and empty shampoo bottles -- and powered by batteries.
 
Electric Mischief
Electric Mischief
Battery-Powered Gadgets Kids Can Build
by Alan Bartholomew
Grade 4-8-Step-by-step instructions for 10 projects are clearly explained and easy to follow; colorful illustrations aid understanding. Materials required, such as 1.5 volt batteries, wire, motors, and lightbulbs, are listed with each activity and are readily available at hardware stores.
 
Electronic Gadgets for the Evil Genius : 28 Build-It-Yourself
Electronic Gadgets for the Evil Genius
28 Build-It-Yourself
by Robert Iannini
This books gives the evil genius loads of projects to delve into, from an ultrasonic microphone, to a body heat detector, and all the way to a Star Wars Light Saber. This book makes creating these devices fun, inexpensive, and easy.
 
Switch On, Switch Off (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2)
Switch On, Switch Off
(Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2)
by Melvin Berger
It seems like magic! It's not -- it's electricity. But how does a light actually work? In this clear and simple book learn all about electricity, how it's produced, and how it can be used. At the end you'll learn how to conduct fun experiments that will let you generate electricity yourself!
 
Electricity (Make it Work! Science)
Electricity
(Make it Work! Science)
by Wendy Baker, Alexandra Parsons, Andrew Haslam, Jon Barnes
For anyone wishing to learn more about electricty and how it works - this fun book of experiments includes colorful pictures that show exactly how to do it right.
 
The New York Times Circuits: How Electronic Things Work
The New York Times Circuits: How Electronic Things Work
by Henry Fountain (Editor), Mika Grondahl (Illustrator), Frank O'Connell (Illustrator), Andy Rooney (Introduction)
If you've ever wondered how the high-tech gadgets we encounter in our daily lives work--from the computers on our desks, the CD players in our homes, the automatic teller machines at the bank, to the machines that sort our mail--this is the book that has the answers.

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