Watts Up?: Percentage Change of Appliance Electricity
This lesson explores appliance electricity energy usage. Students use an electricity meter to test different electronic devices to determine energy increase or decrease. Students will…
Resource Topic: Physics
Generating and Measuring Earthquake Epicenters and Magnitudes
This in-depth lesson explores how to map earthquakes using geophones and sensitive recording instruments. Students explore related concepts including epicenter and magnitude. Materials include student…
Everyday Energy Consumption
Bring the reality of energy consumption to your students by having them measure and calculate the cost of using energy to power things they use…
Electromagnetic Spectrum and the Chemical Composition of Stars
Learn how to identify the chemical composition of stars using the spectralines of their light. This activity includes background and a worksheet to to help…