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Electricity Webquest

This document contains an electricity webquest assignment that directs students to complete online research on electricity. It involves visiting several educational websites to watch videos, read articles, and play games about electricity. Students are asked questions to test their understanding of key concepts like what electricity allows us to do, where it can be found and how it is used, how static electricity and electrical currents work, the purpose of conductors and insulators, and examples of each. The assignment aims to help students learn about the characteristics of electricity through interactive online activities in preparation for an upcoming quiz.

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Electricity Webquest

This document contains an electricity webquest assignment that directs students to complete online research on electricity. It involves visiting several educational websites to watch videos, read articles, and play games about electricity. Students are asked questions to test their understanding of key concepts like what electricity allows us to do, where it can be found and how it is used, how static electricity and electrical currents work, the purpose of conductors and insulators, and examples of each. The assignment aims to help students learn about the characteristics of electricity through interactive online activities in preparation for an upcoming quiz.

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Name _____________________________________

Date______________

ELECTRICITY WEBQUEST
Aligns with Virginia SOL 4.3: characteristics of electricity
Directions:
1. Visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gixkpsrxk4Y and watch the Bill Nye video on
electricity. After watching, answer the following questions:
What does electricity allow us to do?
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Name three places where electricity can be found and how it is used.
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When and where was one of the first places to have electricity? Who brought
electricity to them?
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In your own words, how does electricity work? (Be as specific as possible)
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What is the purpose of the magnet located in the generators and powerlines?
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How is lightning related to electricity?
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2. Visit http://www.explainthatstuff.com/electricity.html. Read through the information and
answer the following questions:
Provide two examples of static electricity.
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What is an electrical current?
1

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What is the difference between potential and kinetic energy? How are they like static
electricity and electrical current?
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Describe how a circuit is made.
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Draw an example of a circuit. Label your drawing.

What is an electromagnet and how is it used? Give an example of an electromagnet


being used in everyday life.
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3. Visit http://www.fplsafetyworld.com/?ver=kkblue&utilid=fplforkids&id=16185 and answer
the questions below.
What is a conductor?
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Looking around the room, list 3 examples of a conductor.
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2

Are humans a good conductor of electricity? Why or why not?


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What is an insulator?
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Looking around the room, list 3 examples of an insulator.
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4. Visit the website http://www.helcohi.com/sse/wires/resist.html and play the game Who Can
Resist? to test our knowledge about conductors, insulators, and electrical circuits.
Which items worked as conductors?
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Which items worked as insulators?
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Now that you have completed this webquest, use the information you recorded to study for
the upcoming quiz on electricity.

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