Electricity Lessons and Activities | Paper and Digital

This set of lessons will get your electricity unit off to a great start. Your students will learn about electricity safety, static and current electricity, open and closed circuits, conductors, insulators, how electricity is produced, resistors, energy efficiency and so much more with only a few moments of prep from you. 

This resource is part of our Electricity and Magnetism Unit.

This resource includes:

• uses of electricity; the definition of electricity; types of electricity; components of circuits; open and closed circuits; short circuits; electrical symbols (circuit diagrams); series and parallel circuits; conductors, insulators, and resistors; how electricity is produced: hydroelectricity, geothermal, wind power, solar power, nuclear power, coal burning, oil/petroleum, fossil fuels, and natural gas; electricity measurements (watts, volts and amperes), reading an electrical meter; energy efficiency (reading EnerGuide labels).
• 7 complete lesson plans with ways to modify the lessons for your students.
• several different experiments that are safe to be done in the classroom.
• student templates, experiment pages and worksheets.
• suggested answers and answer keys.
• possible extension activity ideas.
• background information for teachers.
• photographs of student examples.
• digital versions of all the student reading and writing pages that use Google Slides. This includes loose text that you can use with your assistive technology. You must download the PDF file and use the access link in the file to get your digital copy.

You will need access to electrical components such as wires, light bulbs and batteries. A list to make electricity kits for your students is included.

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This resource supports:

• any basic electricity unit

Ninja Note: To access the digital version, download the PDF and click the link inside the file.

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