Electricity Teaching Resources
A collection of electricity related educational resources to use in your classroom. Use the Electricity Teaching Resource Pack to provide your students with all of the information and activities they need to learn about the history of electricity, its uses and how it is made. Also provided are posters to display in your classroom, worksheets, activities, experiments and vocabulary word wall cards to assist students in learning the associated content vocabulary.
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It's Electric! Unit Plan
This Physical Sciences unit addresses the principles of electricity. It explores what electricity is, how it is transferred and how energy is transformed to create it.
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Electricity Explained
An assessment task in which students will demonstrate an understanding of energy transfer and transformation when generating electricity.
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Is It Sustainable? Evaluating Sources of Electricity
A 60 minute lesson in which students will consider whether energy sources are sustainable.
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Solar Electricity
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate the use of solar panels and determine if they are a viable source of electricity.
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Transforming Energy Into Electricity
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate how moving air and water can turn turbines to generate electricity.
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Shine Bright, Electric Light!
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate how changes to electrical circuits affect their components.
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Feeling the Flow - Electrical Conductors and Insulators
A 60 minute lesson in which students will classify objects as conductors or insulators of electricity.
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Wired Up! - Building Electrical Circuits
A 60 minute lesson in which students will read and draw circuit diagrams.
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What is Electricity?
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45 Sustainable Practices for the Environmentally Friendly Classroom
Get sustainable practices buzzing at your school with our 45 tips and tricks for an environmentally friendly classroom!
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What is Electricity? A Bright Spark's Teaching Guide
Calling all bright sparks! From transference to energy transformation, take a look at our all-inclusive unit on teaching the principles of electricity.