Electricity Overview - Current, Voltage, and Power Lesson

This lesson on Electricity begins with a student-centered discussion on the application of electricity as well as a brief history of electrical discoveries. It then goes into AC and DC, transformers, electrical potential, resistors, power, and the cost of electricity. It is a thorough overview and introduction that will fit any high school classroom well.

This lesson package includes the lesson (student and teacher versions of the presentation), an auto-graded Exit Ticket, 3 embedded videos, many examples questions, and a student lesson handout as a document. The presentation is fun and applicable with many opportunities for inquiry-based learning and discussion.

In order, the lesson covers:

1. Applications of Electricity

2. History

3. Electrical Current

4. Direct Current (DC) vs. Alternating Current (AC)

5. Transformers

6. Electrical Potential

7. Resistance

8. Power and Energy

9. Electricity Cost

Google and Distance Learning Ready

• This lesson includes both Office and Google formats for ALL resources. The presentation is in PowerPoint and Google Slides while all documents contain Word and Google Doc versions.

• Your resource is perfect for distance learning and integrates seamlessly with Google Classroom as I've included a link that will automatically create a copy of the resources and put them directly into your Google Drive with one click.

• Download--> Open --> Click --> Assign to your students

Having both options allows you to use either without worrying about formatting issues as all the work has already been done for you. It safeguards you in case your department or school decides to go Google 100% and allows you as well as your students to access everything no matter where you are or what kind of equipment is being used.

Included in the lesson package is:

• Google and Office versions of each resource

• The teacher version of the presentation

• The student version of the presentation

• 3 embedded videos

• Auto-graded Exit Ticket

• Student lesson handout

The student version of the presentation contains multiple blanks that need to be filled in throughout the lesson. These blanks are conveniently underlined and bolded on the teacher copy. I have found this to be the most effective means of keeping my students engaged and active without having them write everything out. This also leaves more time for discussion and activities.

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1 zip file with:

-2 PowerPoints

-1 Word doc

In order, the lesson covers:

1. Applications of Electricity

2. History

3. Electrical Current

4. Direct Current (DC) vs. Alternating Current (AC)

5. Transformers

6. Electrical Potential

7. Resistance

8. Power and Energy

9. Electricity Cost