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About DC and AC - posted from Gilbert, AZ
An extension of Thomas Edison's light bulbs, to understand the battle of the current between direct current and alternating current.
The Evolution of Light Bulbs - posted from Gilbert, AZ
My son prefers watching videos to learn about light bulbs and this one is great!!
Static Electricity - posted from Gilbert, AZ
This is such a great video to explain what is static electricity!!
World's fastest trains - posted from Evansville, IN
This is an interesting video about Maglev Trains and electromagnetism.
make a lightbulb - posted from Auckland, Auckland
A simple way to make a lightbulb using a pencil lead as the filament, We found this a very impressive experiment. Easy and lots of fun, and really fitted into this lesson well.
Electricity and Magnetism - posted from Linton, ND
The Elegant Universe is a 3-hour PBS series that goes into great detail on the 4 forces that we know about - electromagnetism being one of them.
They provide a fantastic overview of how electricity and magnetism are interrelated in Chapter 3 of Hour 1. You can select just this chapter on the link provided, but if your child is like my son, you will end up watching all 3 hours. It is totally over his head, but he is absolutely enthralled with the science.
I am sure I will be posting this link again under a gravity lesson when we get there in unit 3.
Using Magnetism to Send Elecricity Through the Air - posted from Linton, ND
This video can be a bit technical at points, but is a very interesting application of the idea that magnetism and electricity are totally intertwined. At the end of the video, Eric shows a demo where a TV is running that is not even plugged in. Pretty cool.
Note: There are a few slides with the title "wires suck" and "batteries suck". It drives the point home fine for an adult audience, but if you are like me and trying to keep your kids from using this type of language, you have been warned :-).