Science Links

Electrical Circuits

Circuits
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/chapter04.html
Learn about simple and parallel circuits.

Circuits And Conductors
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/8_9/circuits_conductors_fs.shtml
Interactive tutorial about circuits and conductors.

What is A Circuit?
http://www.thetech.org/exhibits/online/topics/10a.html
Information and instructions for creating circuits.

Electricity Links
http://www.kathimitchell.com/elect.htm
Links to sites and activities related to circuits.

Build an Electromagnet
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/lessons.cfm?DocID=428
Students learn how to construct and use an electromagnet and that electromagnets are temporary magnets and work only when electricity passes through the coil of wire.

Rain Sensor
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/k-4/features/F_Rain_Sensor_Student_Pages.html
Create and test a sensor circuit by simulating rainfall with a spraybottle filled with water.

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