Quest 1: Sources of Electricity
Use the information at http://www.aecl.ca/kidszone/atomicenergy/electricity/index.asp to complete your worksheet.
Quest 2: Electricity - Michael Faraday
Read at least 2 of these biography links and write at least one piece of information about Faraday (that no one else has written yet) on one of the whiteboards:
- http://sln.fi.edu/franklin/scientst/faraday.html
- http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/Faraday.html
- http://www.english.upenn.edu/Projects/knarf/People/faraday.html
- http://library.thinkquest.org/2763/Electricity/History/ Inventors/Faraday.html
- http://www.ieee-virtual-museum.org/collection/people.php?id=1234573&lid=1
- http://www.electro.patent-invent.com/electricity/inventors/ michael_faraday.html
Quest 3: Electricity - Michael Faraday: Law of Induction
Follow this link to watch a video about Faraday's Law of Induction:
http://msdaif.googlepages.com/demo_Faraday
Quest 4: Safety and Conservation - Visit all of these links and make a list of safety tips on the front and conservation tips on the back:
Safety:
http://www.rp-l.com/electricsafety.htm
http://www.dom.com/about/safety/kids.jsp
http://www.tvakids.com/electricity/powersafety.htm
Energy Conservation:
http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/classactivities/energyarticles.html #energyvampire
http://www.tvakids.com/electricity/conservation.htm
Quest 5: The Science Behind Electricity
1. Use information at to http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/ electricity.html#SCIENCE to complete your worksheet.
Additional Resources
http://www.tvakids.com/electricity/history.htm
