Educational Resources
At WRVEC, we love our younger members! Here are several fun activities and resources to learn about electricity.
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Video: The story of electricity
Video: Home Safety
Video: Electricity song!
Activity: Roll a can with static electricity
It’s (almost) magic! This easy experiment helps even our youngest members learn about static charges, attraction and repulsion.
Activity: magnetic slime
Take slime play to a whole new level with this amazing magnetic slime!
LEARN MOREMr. Plug Activity Book
Have fun coloring and doing activities with Mr. Plug while learning about electricity!
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video: wRVEC electricity lesson
Educational Website: kid’s korner
Let’s learn about the fundamentals of electricity.
LEARN MOREActivity: Electric Play Dough
Amp up the fun and have the kids learn about electricity with this experiment! Use homemade conductive and insulating play dough to create circuits that light an LED.
Activity: 10 easy experiments
If the experiments above weren’t enough, pick and choose some of these! These will spark your creativity, but please ask an adult for supervision if the chosen experiment produces sparks.
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video: wRVEC electricity lesson
Educational Website: ducksters
An educational site covering science, and more! Pages are written to be in-depth and informative, but easy to read and understand.
LEARN MOREActivity: build a simple electric motor
Build a simple electric motor with just a battery, magnet, paper clips, and coil of wire in this fun science experiment!
Activity: build a battery out of pennies
This is one of those cool “so-thats-how-it-works” projects that is an easy weekend activity to teach yourself the basics of how a battery operates.
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video: electricity explained
Educational Website: explain that stuff!
Electricity is the most versatile energy source that we have. Let’s take a closer look at how it works.
LEARN MOREEducational Website: the physics classroom
What is an electrical circuit? Find out everything you need to know here.
LEARN MOREActivity: build your own flashlight
Many people do not know that a flashlight is a simple series circuit. In this hands-on activity, students build this everyday household item and design their own operating series circuit flashlights.
Activity: homemade wigglebot
This robot can help you do your art projects. And no, we aren’t kidding.
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Lesson plans for all ages from the U.S. Energy Information Administration:
An energy training program for teachers with WRVEC:
Provides free curriculum and teaching resources for all ages through the National Energy Education Development organization:
LEARN MOREFind an array of environmental and science based lesson plans, activities and ideas below from EPA, other federal agencies and external organizations:
LEARN MOREA digital library comprised of standards-aligned engineering curricula for K-12 educators to make applied science and math come alive through engineering design:
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