These free resources for learning about electricity and magnetism combine visual lessons with hands-on activities:
Energy Kids: Provides information on how electricity is generated and measured, and how it relates to magnetism. Includes experiments and games.
Free Online Videos and Interactives:
Electric Circuits: Learn about how electricity flows to power everyday objects.
Electrical to Thermal Energy: Learn how electrical energy is produced from natural resources.
Magnetic Motion: Learn how magnetic force can be used to move objects.
Understanding Electricity: NASA interactive
Electricity: Crash Course video
How do power plants get electricity to our homes?
This video from EdPuzzle has embedded questions that pop up as you watch to test comprehension:
PBS LearningMedia is another site with interactive lessons on many topics. Check out the ones on:
Static Electricity
Magnets
Free Activities:
Where Does Our Electricity Come From? Watch videos explaining types of power and fill in the chart.
Electricity Choice Board: Ideas for 4 projects are provided: building and comparing a potato battery vs a lemon battery; conducting an energy audit; researching energy sources; creating a reducing energy infographic.
Draw Your Own Circuits: Check out these two cool ways to create working circuits on paper:
