Online and Offline Fun With the Science of Pickles

Exploratorium is one of my favorite places to look for interesting science lessons, activities, and iPad apps. If you head to the Explore se...

Two Sites for Safely Experimenting with Electric Circuits

Earlier this week I shared a short video explanation of how light bulbs work . To extend that lesson you might want to take a look at Electr...

How Light Bulbs Work and Activities for Learning About Electricity

Minute Physics recently releases a short video that features an explanation of how modern light bulbs work and how light bulb design has ch...

123D Circuits - Collaboratively Design Electronic Circuits

123D Circuits is a free tool from Autodesk and Circuits.io ( reviewed here ) for collaboratively designing electronic circuits online. On 1...

Safely Experiment with Circuits on Circuits.io

Circuits.io is a free website on which you can design and test electrical circuits. You can design your circuits using the virtual version ...

Make Your Own Squishy Circuits

Last night on Facebook Kevin Jarrett posted a link to Sylvia's Super Awesome Maker Show . For those not familiar with the show, it feat...

Seven Resources for Teaching & Learning About Electricity

Last night I came home and discovered that my furnace had died. My house was about 45F so I got out my down-filled sleeping bag and my elect...

An Animated Guide to Electric Circuits

The Blobz Guide to Electric Circuits is a neat series of interactive animations designed to help students of elementary and middle school a...

Hydro to Home - A Story of Electricity

Hydro to Home is an interactive story of hydro-electric power from raindrops to homes. The story walks visitors through each step of the pr...