ASSESSMENTS

Ready to test your skills and knowledge? The following assessments include those listed in the lessons and other online quizzes and activities.

1. Test for conductors and insulators by doing the experiment found at http://galaxy.net/~k12/electric/conduct.shtml

2. For older children (grade 5 or higher) this site http://physics.isu.edu/~shropshi/emact.htm has many experiments on magnetism and electricity to try.

3. Ready to try different magnet experiments? Click here for variety! http://phys.virginia.edu/classes/620/magnetism_activities.html#AttractThrough

4. After viewing the Brain Pop video at this site, take the magnetism quiz. Interactive and immediate responses. http://brainpop.com/science/forces/magnetism/index.weml

5. You can do the same thing with the electric video and quiz from Brain Pop. Click here. http://brainpop.com/science/electricity/electricity/index.weml

6. This site has a mini-quiz (scroll to the bottom) to check your understanding. Interactive. http://school-for-champions.com/science/magnetism.htm

7. This electricity and magnetism quiz is appropriate for older students (grade 5).

http://library.thinkquest.org/11924/gather/mcq4.html

8. Take an electric safety quiz at http://mos.org/sln/toe/safety.html

9. This site has five interactive sites where you can identify the parts of a flashlight, make an electric circuit light a bulb, test for conductivity and insulation, see what liquids conduct electricity best, and show the resistance of electrons through different materials. http://www97.intel.com/scripts-tji/learner/lesson.asp?moduleSel=11&unitSel=2

10. Databases from the unit:

a. Magnetic vocabulary database.

b. Electricity vocabulary database.

c. Magnetic properties database.

d. Electromagnet database.

e. Electromagnet Lab Activity.

f. Magnet Strength.

g. Static Electricity Database.

h. Static electricity lab activities.

i. Compass experiment.