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Subtopic: Electricity and Magnetism

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Resource	Grade Level	Media Type
AC / DC: What's the Difference? This animated essay from the American Experience Web site explains the difference between alternating and direct electric current and offers in-depth explanations about the role played by a battery, light bulb, wire, and generator.	6-12	HTML Interactive
Astronomical Images in Different Wavelengths Visible light is just one portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that a telescope may detect. This collection of images produced for Teachers' Domain features radio wave, infrared, visible light, and X-ray images of distant stars and galaxies as well as images of the telescopes designed to detect the various wavelengths of radiation.	6-12	Flash Interactive
Designing Electric Circuits: Door Alarm In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, cast members design and build door alarms using a variety of materials, including aluminum foil, batteries, and buzzers.	3-8	QuickTime Video
Designing Electric Circuits: Steadiness Tester In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, cast members discover that metal is a good conductor of electricity as they play the steadiness tester game.	3-5	QuickTime Video
Designing Future Cities: Alternative Energy In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, visit a class as they design a city of the future that will use solar, wind, and water power to fuel its economy.	3-8	QuickTime Video
Electric Circuits Students model, build, and draw diagrams of electric circuits and test the conductivity of a variety of materials.	3-8	Lesson Plan
Electric Girl Anna loves electricity. Watch her construct a homemade flashlight and show off her new, electrifying hairdo in this video segment from ZOOM.	3-8	QuickTime Video
The Electromagnetic Spectrum: FRONTLINE This video segment adapted from FRONTLINE introduces the electromagnetic spectrum and explains how the various types of electromagnetic waves are distinguished by the amount of energy each wave carries.	6-12	QuickTime Video
The Electromagnetic Spectrum: NASA From radio waves to gamma rays, this video segment from NASA introduces the seven categories of the electromagnetic spectrum and how each type of radiation is part of our everyday lives.	3-12	QuickTime Video
Energy Sources This video segment illustrates a variety of energy sources used to generate electricity, some of which are in use and some of which are under exploration.	3-12	QuickTime Video
Experimenting with a Lemon Battery Can a fresh lemon power a digital clock? In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, the cast shows you how this can be done and, in the process, discover how kids can be a part of an electric circuit.	3-8	QuickTime Video
Exploring Conductivity: Kid Circuits In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, cast members join hands and become electron conductors to complete an electric circuit.	3-8	QuickTime Video
Hoover Dam and Hydroelectric Power How does a dam generate electricity and what are the environmental impacts of operating these mammoth structures? Find out in this video segment adapted from Building Big.	3-12	QuickTime Video
Infrared Gallery How would your world look if you saw heat instead of light? In this interactive resource produced for Teachers' Domain, see what familiar objects look like through an infrared camera and watch infrared videos of geysers, mudpots, and hot springs.	3-12	Flash Interactive
Infrared: More Than Your Eyes Can See In this video segment adapted from NASA, astronomer Michelle Thaller introduces the world of infrared light and demonstrates how infrared cameras allow us to see more than what the naked eye can perceive.	3-12	QuickTime Video
Inverse Square Law This animation from KET's distance learning physics course demonstrates the mathematical formula for a scientific law as it applies to light.	6-12	HTML Interactive
Kid Inventor: The Couch Protector Want to keep your dog off the couch? In this video segment from ZOOM, Jason demonstrates his invention that does just that: a couch protector.	3-12	QuickTime Video
Lightning! This video segment adapted from NOVA explains the mysterious force of lightning.	3-12	QuickTime Video
Lightning Hunters Find out how scientists and engineers use rockets to attract lightning in this video segment adapted from NOVA.	3-12	QuickTime Video
Making Waves with the Electromagnetic Spectrum Students explore various types of electromagnetc waves to better understand the electromagnetic spectrum.	9-12	Lesson Plan
A New Theory of Lightning In this video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW, follow scientists as they test a new theory suggesting that lightning here on Earth is triggered by cosmic rays from far-away dying stars.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Ohm's Law In this interactive simulation of Ohm’s law, adapted from the University of Colorado's Physics Education Technology project, adjust the voltage and resistance in a circuit, and observe how this affects the flow of current.	3-12	Flash Interactive
Radio Waves & Electromagnetic Fields In this interactive simulation adapted from the University of Colorado's Physics Education Technology project, explore how a radio transmitter broadcasts electromagnetic radiation.	6-12	Java Web Start Interactive
See a Reversal View a computer model simulation from NOVA Online that illustrates what happens during a magnetic field reversal, an infrequent occurrence that may be currently underway.	6-12	QuickTime Interactive
Static Electricity: Snap, Crackle, Jump In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, see static electricity make breakfast cereal jump and hair stand on end.	3-8	QuickTime Video
String Theory: A New Picture of Gravity This video segment from NOVA describes the general theory of relativity and the theory of electromagnetism.	6-12	QuickTime Video
String Theory: A Strange New World This video segment from NOVA chronicles Einstein's quest to unify the forces of electromagnetism and gravity.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Testing for Static Electricity In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, cast members show you how to make your very own electroscope. You can use it to find out if an object is electrically charged.	3-5	QuickTime Video
Tour the Electromagnetic Spectrum Take NOVA's interactive tour of the electromagnetic spectrum and find out why your eyes are like antennae for a narrow band of electromagnetic radiation.	6-12	HTML Interactive
Volcanoes in the Infrared In this video adapted from KUAC-TV and the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, satellite imagery and infrared cameras are used to study and predict eruptions of volcanoes in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska.	6-12	QuickTime Video
WMAP: "Baby Picture" of the Universe View the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) image from NASA to see the first detailed map of the oldest light in the universe, from 379,000 years after the Big Bang, over 13 billion years ago. A second image offers a visual timeline to put the WMAP image in perspective.	9-12	JPEG Image