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Mouse House Surprise
What happens when a storm knocks out the electric power for a family of mice? Children love animal stories; this one introduces them to the utility's role in providing reliable electric power, what we use it for, and how to use it safely.
Grade Level: K-2
Publisher: Enterprise for Education
Extras: Teacher's Guide
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Where The Little Light Bulb Gets Its Juice
Creative word games and fun puzzles reinforce the information contained in the Little Light Bulb booklet and video. Children enjoy learning about the various ways electricity is produced.
Grade Level: 2-3
Publisher: The Culver Company
Extras: Teacher's Guide
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Paths for Electricity
Hands-on activities with wire and batteries show the difference between conductors and insulators, and how to keep out of electricity's way.
Grade Level: 3-5
Publisher: Enterprise for Education
Extras: Teacher's Guide and Quiz
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Experiments To Explore Electricity
Packed with easy-to-follow experiments and challenging activities, this book helps kids understand how electricity works. All the experiments use everyday items that are easily accessible to teachers and students.
Grade Level: 4-6
Publisher: The Culver Company
Extras: Teacher's Guide
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Let's Explore the Facts About Electricity
Creative puzzles and word games explain what electricity is, how it's made and delivered to homes, and how it can be used wisely and safely. Perfect for school programs! 12 pages, 8 1/2" x 11". Ages 9-12.
Grade Level: 4-6
Publisher: Channing Bete Company
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Demand for Electricity
In this booklet, students learn the language of electricity, including "volts," "amps," and "watts" and learn how to search for these units in their own homes. Learning to read an electric meter leads to graphing energy consumption in the home over the course of a week. They also gain insight into the utility industry by reading how a utility meets the varying demand for electricity in the course of a summer day.
Grade Level: 5-9
Publisher: Enterprise for Education
Extras: Teacher's Guide and Quiz
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Electrical Engineer Plans a Safe Outdoor Concert, An
A young electrical engineer plans how she will provide electricity to an outdoor concert in the highly regarded Math at Work series. Young teenagers can relate to this situation, and it incorporates many problems they can solve by applying math skills learned through the fifth grade, including spatial reasoning, area measurements, unit conversions, percentages, numeration, data analysis and simple algebra.
Grade Level: 5-9
Publisher: Enterprise for Education
Extras: Teacher's Guide
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Generating Electricity
Another Skill Builder title that teaches important concepts through simple, hands-on experiments. This title reviews magnetism, introduces electromagnetism, and includes directions for construction of a working electric generator out of bell wire and a bar magnet. Students learn about Michael Faraday, the greatest experimental scientist of the 19th century.
Grade Level: 5-9
Publisher: Enterprise for Education
Extras: Teacher's Guide and Quiz
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