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Electricity 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. Electric Pickle Make a pickle glow yellow. The pickle conducts electricity due to the vinegar (acetic acid) and sodium chloride salt used to make it. Parental assistance required 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. Electronic Quiz Game It's easy to make your own state-capitals electronic quiz game. It even lights up when you match the right answers with your game wires. From Do It Yourself. 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. 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Resources for Studying Electricity   Ray-O-Vac PS1R 4 Position Battery Charger for AA and AAA Renewal Batteries This charger paid for itself in less than a month. It is crazy to keep buying batteries in bulk. Recharge them and save money.   Where Does Electricity Come From? (The Clever Calvin) by C. Vance Cast, Sue Wilkinson (Illustrator) I bought this book as a Christmas present for my four-year-old daughter, who has been fascinated for months about electricity. She really enjoys it when I read this little book to her, even though it's clearly written for children a little older.   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.   Switch On, Switch Off (Let'S-Read-And-Find-Out Science Books) by Melvin Berger, Carolyn Croll (Illustrator) Kindergarten-Grade 3-- An easy-to-understand, informative, and accurate science concept book. Berger uses clear, succinct language to explain how electricity is produced and transmitted, and how generators, light bulbs, and electrical plugs 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.   Electronics For Kids, Where Theory and Practice Meet by Ed March A perfect homeschooling science DVD. How can children experiment with electronics when they can't even see it? For many it seems elusive like the wind. We show them how.