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Interactive Simulation: Does Salt Conduct Electricity?

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Shanon

Does Salt Conduct Electricity? How about Sugar? Did you even know that salt was a conductor? I surely didn’t until I ran across this interactive simulation from University of Colorado at Boulder’s PheT project.  This is pretty cool. Click to … Continue reading →

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Interactive Circuits Activity for Kids

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Shanon

BBC Science Clips has a great interactive circuits activity for kids, specifically around the concepts of conductors and insulators, and how different materials in a circuit can affect the flow of electricity. There are a couple features of this activity that … Continue reading →

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