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/Home/Professional Development/Teaching Resources/Collaborative Activities/Science, Other/Fairs/Project Ideas/Electrical Alliance to Save Energy - Promoting Energy Efficiency World Wide: Educators Votes:0 Your browser does not support script Search Consumers Educators Earth Apple Awards Lesson Plans Save Energy at Home Save Energy at School Tools & Resources Policy Makers Alliance Associates Media Energy Professionals Contributors Events e-FFICIENCY NEWS Email Newsletter Subscription Sign up to receive Alliance to Save Energy newsletters! Home > Educators Educators Schools spend more on energy than on computers and textbooks combined. Reducing energy use is an effective way to help cash-strapped schools funnel more money into the classroom instead of the local utility. Just as important, the concept of energy efficiency provides multidisciplinary learning opportunities in math, science, and language arts. 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Each of you hold the string to 1 balloon, letting the balloons hang freely, but wit Read More Go to Site Beakman's Electric Motor Votes:0 Beakman's Electric Motor Figure: Motor1.gif I saw this on the TV show Beakman's World and I was very impressed that you could actually build a working electric motor with so few parts. I built one and brought it to work where it was a big hit with all the engineers around here. This writeup was for a friend of mine who wanted instructions that his son could follow for a science fair project. So, if you missed the show, here's how to build one. If you are using a text only browser, you can click on the "Figure" links to download the drawing s (GIF files). BTW, my friend's son won second place in the school's science fair. Visit my blog for more cool stuff! Visit my other blog for totally bizarre stuff! BTW, I am not Beakman, nor do I have anything to do with the show. I am just a Read More Go to Site Beakman's Electric Motor Votes:0 Beakman's Electric Motor Figure: Motor1.gif I saw this on the TV show Beakman's World and I was very impressed that you could actually build a working electric motor with so few parts. I built one and brought it to work where it was a big hit with all the engineers around here. This writeup was for a friend of mine who wanted instructions that his son could follow for a science fair project. So, if you missed the show, here's how to build one. If you are using a text only browser, you can click on the "Figure" links to download the drawing s (GIF files). BTW, my friend's son won second place in the school's science fair. Visit my blog for more cool stuff! Visit my other blog for totally bizarre stuff! BTW, I am not Beakman, nor do I have anything to do with the show. I am just a Read More Go to Site Building an Incubator - Incubation and Embryology - University of Illinois Extension Votes:0 Incubation and Embryology - University of Illinois About Lesson Plans Activities Resources Building an Incubator An incubator for a science project need not be as elaborately constructed as a commercial incubator. One can be made from cardboard boxes and glass and the other from plywood (or similar material) and glass. Don't expect 100 percent success in hatching eggs in these or any other incubators. Commercial hatcheries with all their highly automatic and specialized equipment do not average much more than an 80 percent hatch of all the eggs they incubate. Plan on hatching no more than 50 percent, and you may not even succeed in hatching that many. The following supplies are needed to construct an inexpensive cardboard box incubator that will hold three dozen or more eggs: Two cardboard Read More Go to Site Building your own generator. Votes:0 Enter your search terms Submit search form Web TheEpicenter.com Build a generator from a lawn-edger motor. This is a past episode of TOW. Go to current episode to see the newest installment or any other past TOW's. Home Brew Power! Building your own generator (on the cheap). The 3rd in a series on emergency power and generation. A visitor submission from David Hooper from Vancouver, BC (with additions from the crew at TheEpicenter.com). About this T.O.W. submission: In 1996 we ran a Tip o' Da week submitted by David Hooper from Vancouver, BC, David.Hooper@INAC.inac-ainc.x400.gc.ca which discussed building a generator from an old lawn mower and a GM alternator. We recently received another set of comments from David on the subject and wanted to share them with you. 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Materials: Van der Graff generator, ring stand, coffee can, styrofoam cups, string, rubber tipped dart, paper and plastic sheets (optional), overhead projector, file folders, graphite coated pith or styrofoam balls, nylon stranded string, masking tape, centimeter or other grid on overhead transpar Read More Go to Site electric circuit — Infoplease.com Votes:0 Site Map | FAQ in All Infoplease Almanacs • General • Entertainment • Sports Biographies Dictionary Encyclopedia Spelling Checker Daily Almanac for Nov 23, 2007 Search White Pages Skip Navigation Home Almanacs Atlas Encyclopedia Dictionary Thesaurus Features Quizzes Timelines Countries American Indian Heritage Month World & News United States History & Gov't Biography Sports Arts & Ent. 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Business Society & Culture Health & Science Homework Center Fact Monster Kid's reference, games, quizzes Daily Almanac This Day in History Today's Birthday Word of the Day Editor's Favorites American Indian Heritage Month Thanksgiving Advent Hanukkah Pearl Harbor Day Campaign 2008 Pakistan Country Profile Iraq Timeline Presidential Factfile NFL Team Profiles Daylight Saving Time 2007 Current Read More Go to Site Electricity and Magnetism Votes:0 LIGHTNING ROD Background It too much electrical energy flows through objects they can overheat and cause fires. Since electrical current prefers the path of least resistance, we can easily protect our homes from the energy in lightning. Materials Needed 2 batteries in holders 1 breadboard 2 light bulbs 3 wires with washers 1 paper clip push pins paper pencil tape Procedure 1. Cut a lightning bolt out of paper. 2. Build the simple circuit with 2 light bulbs in series. Tape one bulb on the paper lightning bolt. When this light is lit it will indicate that lightning is striking. 3. Make a house out of paper. Houses tend to be made of wood, bricks, etc. Are these things good conductors? ______________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________ Read More Go to Site Electricity and Magnetism Votes:0 SERIES CIRCUIT Background Light bulbs are said to be in series when they are in the same loop or circuit. All of the light bulbs share the available electrical energy equally. Materials Needed 1 breadboard 2 batteries in holders 2 wires with washers 3 light bulbs push pins Procedure 1. Connect up the simple circuit with 2 batteries. Light the lamp. 2. Now replace the single light bulb by three in a row. Another way to say this is that the 3 lights are in series. What happens? Why? ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 3. Remove one bulb from its socket. What happens? Why? ______________________________________________ Read More Go to Site Electrochemistry Votes:0 Electrochemistry Electrochemistry Allen, Donna L. Bowen High School 804 S. Lyman Avenue 933-7200 Oak Park, IL 60304 524-8760 Objectives: One form of energy may be transformed into another. How can electricity be changed into chemical energy? How can chemical energy be transformed into electricity? Apparatus needed: Strips of copper, zinc, lead, magnesium 0.5 M solutions of soluble salts of copper, zinc, lead and magnesium (acetates or chlorides) 0.05 M copper (II) sulfate plastic cups (preferably clear) index cards (support strips) voltmeters (milliammeters, galvanometers as available) insulated wires one lemon Recommended strategy: I. Changing electricity into chemical energy A. electrolysis of water B. electrolysis of saturated sodium chloride solution C. electroplating II. Changing Chem Read More Go to Site Experiments in Electrochemistry Votes:0 EXPERIMENTS IN ELECTROCHEMISTRY by Giorgio Carboni, January 1998 Translated by G.L. Stuart CONTENTS INTRODUCTION CONDUCTORS BATTERIES THE LEMON BATTERY DANIELL'S CELL THE CONCENTRATION CELL VOLTA'S PILE MEASURING POTENTIALS OF REDUCTION GALVANIC DEPOSITION CONCLUSION INTRODUCTION In 1791 Luigi Galvani discovered electrical activity in the nerves of the frogs that he was dissecting. He thought that electricity was of animal origin and could be found only in living tissues. A few years later, in 1800 Alessandro Volta discovered that electricity could be produced through inorganic means. In fact, by using small sheets of copper and zinc and cloth spacers soaked in an acid solution, he built a battery - the first apparatus capable of producing electricity. Naysayers were quick to predict that Read More Go to Site Experiments with Static Electricity - Succeed in Physical Science Votes:0 The School for Champions is an educational website that shows you how to achieve your dreams. School for Champions | Physical Science | Experiments | Senses | Good Grades | Search site Explanation of experiments with static electricity - Succeed in Physical Science. Also refer to physics, science, sparks, electroscope, static cling, attraction, repulsion, balloons, measurement, Ron Kurtus, School for Champions. Copyright © Restrictions Experiments with Static Electricity by Ron Kurtus (revised 26 January 2001) A fluid is a liquid or gas that is capable of flowing and changing its shape when a force is applied to it. Fluids have a number of interesting properties. Since you have been studying fluids, you have noticed some of the different properties they possess. Following are some experime Read More Go to Site HOW TO BUILD SIMPLE TELEGRAPH SETS - TELEGRAPH & SCI INSTRUMENT MUSEUMS Votes:0 HOW TO BUILD SIMPLE TELEGRAPH SETS. W1TP TELEGRAPH & SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT MUSEUMS: http://w1tp.com Prof. Tom Perera - W 1 T P - Historian and Collector ( I am always looking to buy or trade telegraph keys ! ) Click BACK to return to the main Telegraph Web Page. HOW TO BUILD SIMPLE TELEGRAPH SETS. I am often asked for help in building a working electric telegraph set for use in school projects or displays and demonstrations. I have tried to outline the process of building a simple set in the paragraphs below and I have included several variations as well as a simple wireless telegraph set. If you decide to build a telegraph set, I would particularly appreciate receiving photographs of your completed set and I will try to post some of them on this page for other "telegraph builders" to see. Read More Go to Site Maglink Votes:0 The Magnet Page Lessons and Links Warning: Tie all magnets in your classroom to a table to confine them. Always keep magnets out of contact with computers, floppy discs, cassette tapes, tape players or any other magnetically sensitive equipment. Magnet Paper Clip Count Students count the paper clips held by different magnets and show skills in 'greater than and less than' value comparisons. A data collection sheet is included. The floating magnet - Build a model that allows a magnet to float on another! The Battery and Nail Magnet You only need wire, a few batteries and a big nail to build a magnet. Will magnetism pass through other materials? Find out here. Guess which things are magnetic- Teapots? Desks? Batteries? Coins? Aluminum cans? The Power of Magnets- Show how magnets can erase ca Read More Go to Site Oatbox Crystal Set Project Votes:0 Building a basic AM broadcast crystal set! On this page you will find complete plans for Phil's Quaker Oats box set . Hey Kids! We are glad you found our site and you are very welcome here, but please read our safety warning, and go find your mom and dad, or other trusted adult to help you. Adult supervision is required. Parts? Need a high impedance crystal earplug and a germanium diode ? We've got 'em. For convenience order our Quaker Oat Box Radio Pack which includes all the basic parts for Phil's Oatbox Radio below. Working on a Science Fair project? Don't miss our tips and hints for Science Fair Projects page! Safety is your responsibility. Do not string antennas near power lines or anything else dangerous that may cause an electric shock. Don't listen or play with your crystal radio d Read More Go to Site Physics 30: Electromagnetism Votes:0 Optional Unit VII: Electromagnetism C. The Motor Principle Key Concepts When a current-carrying conductor is located in an external magnetic field perpendicular to the conductor, the conductor experiences a force perpendicular to itself and to the external magnetic field. (The Motor Principle) The right-hand rule for force on a conductor can be used to determine the direction of the force experienced on the conductor. If the right thumb points in the direction of the current in the conductor and the fingers of the right hand point in the direction of the external magnetic field, then the force on the conductor is directed outward from the palm of the right hand. The motor principle is used to form a precise definition of the ampere. 1 ampere is the amount of current flowing through two str Read More Go to Site Playing with electricity and magnets Votes:0 Electricity and magnet playwiths Activities Capacitance effects Electrostatic hoops Electrophorus Electrostatics Kelvin water dropper Leyden jar a kitchen compass A galvanometer A dry compass Other pages on this site How to do it The Kelvin water dropper You will need a metal pipe ending in two fine nozzles, a supply of water controlled by a tap (that is a faucet in the USA), four metal cans, two metal funnels, some heavy wire, and a very well-insulated support system for the cans. The set-up is that shown here. Two jets of water flow from an earthed metal pipe, breaking up into droplets as the jets fall through the two cans, A and B, then into the metal funnels in to bottom of C and D, and so into a drain. If the insulation that you use is good enough, a charge will build up that is suffi Read More Go to Site Science Explorer: Super Sparker--make very tiny lightning anytime! Votes:0 scissors Styrofoam tray from your supermarket (ask at the meat or bakery counter for a clean, unused tray) masking tape aluminum pie tin Cut a piece off one corner of the Styrofoam tray, as the picture shows. You'll have a long bent piece that looks a little like a hockey stick. Tape the bent piece to the center of the pie tin. Now you have a handle! Now--very slowly--touch the tip of your finger to the pie tin. Wow! What a spark! (Be careful. DON'T touch the Styrofoam tray. If you do, you won't get a spark.) Use the handle to pick up the pie tin again. Touch the tin with the tip of your finger. Wow! You get another great spark. Rub the bottom of the Stryofoam tray on your hair. Rub it all over, really fast. Put the tray upside down on a table or on the floor. Use the handle to pick up the Read More Go to Site Science Fair Project Ideas, The Design Corner, Imagineering E-Zine Votes:0 Contact Us Book Corner Discover Solar Energy Discover Circuits Dave Johnson & Assoc. HOME Practical Information Imagineering, Got Idea? Design Corner Isn't that Interesting! Web Imagineering Ezine Home Practical Information Imagineering, Got Ideas? Design Corner That's Interesting! Sponsored Links The Design Corner Science Fair Project Ideas Updated on: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 03:26 PM Listed on these pages are over 250 science project ideas that might be considered by junior and senior high school students. If you would like to add your own ideas to the list, please submit them to me through e-mail . Science Fair Project Ideas: Biology -- Chemistry -- Conservation -- Communications Education -- Electronics -- Energy -- Physics -- Robotics -- Space Links to other Sites -- Imagineering Ezine Read More Go to Site Science fair project: Ultra-simple Electric Generator, spinning magnets Votes:0 ELECTR. ARTICLES | SCI. FAIR | SURPLUS JUNK | GOOD STUFF | SEARCH Web amasci.com ELECTRONIC SURPLUS CATALOGS The Big List SEE ALSO: - STATIC ELECTRICITY PROJECTS - VANDEGRAAFF MACHINES - SUPERMAGNET FUN - ELECTRICITY PROJECTS - SODA-BOTTLE MOTOR - RIDICULOUS CHARGE DETECTOR - MORE SCIENCE PROJECTS FOR KIDS Ultra-simple Electric Generator wi re and spinning magnets (c)1996 William Beaty Simple Electric Generator - For more funny videos, click here PARTS: 4 - 1cm x 2cm x 5cm ceramic magnet , Radio Shack #64-1877 $1.99, or CMS , or EI 1 - #30 Magnet wi re 200ft, Radio Shack spools # 278-1345 $4.99 1 - Miniature Lamp, 1.5V 25mA # 272-1139 $1.29 Radio Shack, or #48 lamp 1 - Cardboard strip, 8cm x 30.4cm 1 - Large nail, 8cm long or more Misc. - Knife or sandpaper to strip the wi res Misc. - tape Read More Go to Site Simple Electric Motors Votes:0 [an error occurred while processing this directive] This page has moved to simplemotor.com . If your browser did not automatically redirect to this new site please click here . Send mail to simplemotor@gmail.com with questions or comments about this web site. All rights reserved. 1997-2000 Stan and Serge Pozmantir. Read More Go to Site Solar School Activity Sheet Votes:0 Solar School Activity Sheet Batteries and Electric Cars Introduction Petrol-powered vehicles are a major source of the gases that cause global warming. Other gases released from vehicle exhausts also cause other problems, such as asthma attacks in children. By changing to electrically powered cars (especially those that are powered from renewable resources), the quality of our environment would improve, especially in our cities. However, the range of electric cars is limited by the need to carry heavy batteries that can store only a fraction of the energy contained in petrol. Also, if the electricity to power the electric car comes from fossil fuels like coal, then pollution is simply moved from the car to the power station. In this activity, you will investigate how different materials ca Read More Go to Site Static electricity - What creates static charge & static shock? Learn how to create & eliminate it Votes:0 Static Electricity Learn about static charge & static shocks by Science Made Simple | Science Projects | Articles | Store | Metric Conversions | Subscribe | What is Static Electricity? --- Static electricity experiments & projects Learn More: Triboelectric Series, Coulomb's Law & static charge I Can Read: Static Electricity Tips on how to eliminate static electricity problems in your home or office. Copyright © 1995, 2007 by Science Made Simple, Inc. Home Science Projects Science Fair Projects Science Articles What is Science Made Simple? Subscribe Unit Conversions The Science Store You walk across the rug, reach for the doorknob and..........ZAP!!! You get a static shock. Or, you come inside from the cold, pull off your hat and......BOING!!! Static electricity makes your hair Read More Go to Site Web search Votes:0 Click here to proceed. Read More Go to Site

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