| AC/DC: What’s the Difference? |
| Find out about AC (alternating current) and DC (direct current) and why both are used at this PBS American Experience website, Edison’s Miracle of Light. Includes a teacher guide. |
| American Experience: Hoover Dam |
| Rising more than 215 meters (700 feet) above the raging waters of the Colorado River, it was called one of the greatest engineering works in history. This PBS website includes information about the film, people and events, a timeline, maps, and a teacher guide that supports the film. Includes a teacher guide. |
| The Blobz Guide to Electric Circuits |
| This is an interactive website for students to use. The website has 5 sections: what makes circuits work?, conductors and insulators, all about switchs, changing circuits, and diagrams. Each section has three parts: useful information,an activity/game, and a quiz. A very engaging student-friendly site! |
| Chronology: Bell Labs |
| Time line of technologies pioneered at AT&T’s Bell Laboratories, beginning with the telephone in 1876 and continuing through 1993. Covers such innovations as electronic recording, sound motion pictures, transatlantic telephone services, stereo recording, transistors, the solar cell, and cellular phones. |
| Electric Circuits |
| A really good game for making and changing electrical circuits that can be switched from model to circuit diagram. The game allows the manipulation of cells, wires, bulbs buzzers and resistors to complete circuits. |
| Franklin's Kite |
| Franklin's kite experiment is well-known by many, but did he actually conduct it the way we have learned. Check out this website from the Museum of Science in Boston for information. |
| Hoover Dam: A National Historic Landmark |
| This website about Hoover Dam is sponsored by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR). It includes the Story of Hoover Dam, Education Information, and notes about visiting Hoover Dam. Adult guidance may be needed. |
| How It Works: Connected Earth |
| Find out how telegraphs, telephones and other electronic devices actually work via a range of interactive activities designed to be fun and informative. Young students may need to adult assistance. |
| How Solar Cells Work |
| Find out how solar cells convert the sun’s energy directly into electricity. Young students may need adult assistance. |
| How Speakers Work |
| Find out how a speaker (or headphone) translates electrical signals and translates them back into physical vibrations to create sound waves that you can hear. Young students may need adult assistance. |
| How Television Works |
| Check out this website from How Stuff Works to find out how a television works, from what has to happen in your brain to the cathode ray technology that creates the image. Young students may need adult assistance. |
| The Magnetic Earth |
| Here´s a website to begin learning about the Earth´s magnetic field. This NASA website includes information, movies and pictures about magnetism, the magnetosphere and how Earth´s magnetic field shields the planet from solar storms. |
| National Weather Service: Lightning Safety |
| Check this site for handouts, indoor and outdoor safety tips, medical facts, history, survivor stories, photos, teacher tools and more. |
| Scientific American/Ask The Experts |
| This site, maintained by Scientific American magazine, provides visitors with the opportunity to ask questions concerning specific phenomenon in science, mathematics, and technology. Scientific American then passes these queries on to experts in both academia and industry. |
| Sticky Tape |
| Static charge is experienced using strips of clear tape and a computer monitor. |
| Theater of Electricity, Boston Museum of Science |
| This site from the Boston Museum of Science includes load of information about their amazing Theater of Electricity. You can find information about the history and construction of the theater and its world´s largest air-insulated Van de Graaff generator, Tesla coils, and lightning, plus photos, movies, and teacher resources. |
| Transistorized! |
| This brief introduction outlines personalities and organizations involved in the history of the transistor. |
| Tryscience.org Field Trips |
| Use an interactive map of the world to find and explore a science and technology center or museum near you. You can also find online adventures and field trips, ideas for experiments at home, plus live webcams. TryScience.org is your gateway to experience the excitement of contemporary science and technology through on and offline interactivity with science and technology centers worldwide. TryScience is brought to you through a partnership between IBM Corporation, the New York Hall of Science (NYHOS), the Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC), and science centers worldwide. |
| Wind Energy Fact Sheets |
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These fact sheets are presented by the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) and include these topics and more: How Wind Works Wind Energy Potential -- Top 20 U.S. States Economics and Cost of Wind Energy Economics of Wind Energy Comparative Costs of Wind and Other Energy Sources |
| Wonderwise: Women in Science Learning Series |
| Introduces you to women who have made science their career. You can take several field trips, including space geology, African plant exploration, and urban ecology. |
| World of Wires--Who Can Resist |
| A great interactive game to review conductors and insulators with kids. It goes perfectly along with the FOSS investigation of materials as conductors and insulators and even extends student understanding to deal with non-metal objects containing acids (such as lemons) as conductors. |
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