Enrichment Ideas for Energy
 
Expand the boundaries of your kit study. Encourage your
students' curiosity with these outlets for extending
engagement in research.
electrical circuits | general electricity | sound | magnets | motors | photocopying |
inventions
Energy and You: Thomas Edison's
Lab
Instructions to reproduce
Edison's simple electrical circuit experiment, written for
kids.
Energy and You: Say the Password,
Please
Simple experiment to make a
doorbell--an extension of the electric circuit experiment
listed above. "I found this site to be very useful,"
comments Marie Hammond of Northeastern School District. Read more comments…
Sorting Molecules with Electricity
Scientific American article discusses
electrophoresis (the migration of charged molecules in an
electrical field) in identifying evidence of genetic
similarities. Probably most appropriate for middle school,
this device can show students how simple electric circuits
can be used as an important tool in biological science.
Electrified Ben
Ben Franklin was fascinated
by lightning and other forms of electricity. Read all about
it, and check out some electricity projects kids made.
How to Build Your Own Musical Instrument
This site is a repository of
students' handmade musical inventions instruments that they made while engaged in studying
sound. Tour the galleries and peek at great related links.
Inventing Homemade Instruments
with Math and Measurement
Working with FOSS's Measurment and Solids and Liquids kits, an innovative teacher from California created this resource to craft musical instruments out of household items using math and science. It's a fun page, full of relevant educational information.
Sounds Like Science:
Drums
Offers useful background and
hands-on sound activities.
Making Musical Instruments From Household Objects
Easy, low-cost instruments
kids could make.
Strange Attractor
Explore the motions produced from the attraction and
repulsion of magnets. Ed Owens from Capital Area
Math/Science Alliance Keystone Collaborative says, "This
activity is simplistic and is easily adaptive to an inquiry
approach." Read more
comments…
A Motor in 10 Minutes
Quick and easy directions for building a simple motor.
Xerography and Photocopying
How a photocopier works (including a slide show, which
demonstrates exactly how electric charges play a key role in
the techonology).
Photocopiers
Photocopier information—history and how they work—from Scientific American.
The History of
Invention
Kids suggested that a lot of these neat (and important!) inventions be included in this timeline. Maybe you and your class will be able to think of some of yourown.
Inventors and
Inventions
Links reviewed by kids for kids investigating
inventions.
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