Science of Electricity – Bell Ringer
Summary
Three short writing prompts get students thinking about electricity before instruction begins: imagining life without it, connecting water movement to generation, and weighing future energy sources. Ready to project or print, with no prep required. Works across middle school and introductory high school science courses covering energy systems and electricity.
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?
