Science of Electricity – Bell Ringer
Summary
Kick off your lesson with these engaging electricity bell ringers. The prompts encourage students to think about how electricity has changed their lives, why spinning magnets and coils produce electricity, and what energy sources will be most important in the future. These questions activate prior knowledge and set the stage for the rest of the lesson.
Think about what your life would be like if we could not make electricity anymore. Describe three major ways your life would change.
In some dams, falling water spins big machines called turbines. How do you think spinning a turbine makes electricity?
What energy sources do you think will be most important in the future? What makes you think so?
