What is Electricity Presentation
- Grades
- Grades 5–8
- Pages
- 21
- File type
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Editable
- Yes
- Subject
- Science, Physics
- Topic
- Electricity, Circuits
- Resource types
- Presentations
- Editable
- Yes
Product description
From the author
This 21-slide PowerPoint introduces energy, atomic particles and electrical charge before comparing open and closed circuits.
Students begin with warm-up questions and finish with a circuit-building challenge: light a bulb, add a switch, substitute aluminum foil to open and close the circuit, and make a motor run. Discuss how the connections affect the circuit.
The presentation contains editable text. Supply the physical circuit components separately.
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In the classroom
Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
- Identify basic atomic particles and their charges.
- Distinguish open and closed circuit paths.
- Explain how a switch controls a simple circuit.
Teaching tips
Use the two "Do Now" questions at the start as a bell-ringer discussion before introducing any electricity vocabulary
Gather light bulbs, batteries, wires, a switch, aluminum foil, and a small motor ahead of time so students can complete the closing hands-on challenge
Have groups discuss how a switch works while they swap in aluminum foil, per the challenge's own instruction, rather than jumping straight to the motor step
Skills covered
Atomic structure — students identify the nucleus, protons, neutrons, and electrons and their charges.
Electrical reasoning — students explain how electron movement between atoms produces an electric current.
Circuit construction — students build, open, and close a working circuit using a light bulb, switch, and aluminum foil.
Good to know
Questions teachers ask about this resource
What happens to the switch during the final challenge?
Students remove the switch partway through the challenge and use aluminum foil in its place to manually open and close the circuit, then discuss how a switch works.
Does the challenge involve more than the light bulb circuit?
Yes — after working with the light bulb and switch, students are also asked to make a motor run using the same circuit-building skills.
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Concepts & topics
Core concepts
Core concepts
Atomic structure
Electric charge
Circuits
Conservation of energy
Conductivity
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