• Materials vary depending on the hands-on labs

• Electricity Unit
  http://wow.osu.edu/experiments/electricity/eleclist.html*
  A variety of hands-on electrical experiments
• Smile Program Physics Index
  www.iit.edu/~smile/physinde.html*
  A database with over 30 lesson plans (keep in mind that a wide number of authors contribute to the database, so the detail and quality of the lesson plans varies)
• Virtual Labs and Simulations
  www.hazelwood.k12.mo.us/~grichert/sciweb/electric.htm*
  Collection of links to sites on the Web that have computerized simulations of physics principles that allow students to see a visual demonstration of a scientific concept, often in animated form
• Pasco Castle Kit
  http://store.pasco.com/pascostore/showdetl.cfm?DID=9&Detail=1&Product_ID=51804*
  CASTLE (Capacitor-Aided System for Teaching and Learning Electricity), a high school electricity curriculum that leads students from initial naive ideas to an increasingly expert understanding of electrical phenomena
• Environmental Defense—Where Does Electricity Come From?
  www.environmentaldefense.org/article.cfm?contentid=774*
  Discussion about where electricity comes from and how these sources affect the Earth
• Electricity Conservation
  www.chrisp.com/conservation/electricity.html*
  Discussion about the six categories from which electricity is derived
• Electro-Fishing, EPA New England Regional Laboratory
  www.epa.gov/region1/lab/ecology/efishing.html*
  Detailed information about electro-fishing
• Electro-Fishing on the North Branch
  www.boquetriver.org/newselfish.html*
  Explanation of electro-fishing

• Have experts in careers that use electricity visit the class

• Computers for conducting research and creating presentations
• Internet connection for using computers and communicating through e-mail 
• Printer for printing publicity materials
• Projection system for showing presentations

• Database or spreadsheet for creating content for publicity materials
• Internet web browser for conducting research
• Multimedia, web development, or desktop publishing software for creating publicity materials and presentations

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