Strand E: Electricity at Home and Work

Put on your running shoes and sharpen your pencil! Investigate the mathematical connection between work and power in this hands-on activity.

Hydrogen’s tendency towards combustion is what makes it both a dangerous chemical element and a useful energy source.

Try your hand at building a “super coaster” using materials around your home.

If you understand heat transfer, you can make lots of little changes at home to help the environment and your household’s bank account!

Sometimes, power plants make too much electricity. Energy storage technologies can help! They store the extra electricity and release it when demand goes up.

This resource explains electricity basics - volts, amps, currents, resistance, and why it is dangerous to touch electrical outlets with wet hands.