A detailed 62-slide PPT product (with 3 pages of student study notes) that introduces all major topics in a typical lower school / middle school unit on electricity. These topics include parts of an atom, static charges, attracting and repelling, charging by friction, charging by contact, charging by induction, lightning, electric current, open and closed circuits, parts of a circuit, circuit diagrams, series and parallel circuits, current, current in series and parallel circuits, voltage, voltage in series and parallel circuits.

PPT Contents:

Part 1: Static Electricity

• Parts of an atom
• Static electricity
• Attracting and repelling
• Charging by contact
• Charging by friction
• Charging by induction
• Lightning

Part 2: Current Electricity

• Electric Circuits
• Open vs. closed circuits
• Circuit diagrams
• Symbols in circuit diagrams
• Series circuits (definition, advantages, disadvantages, example)
• Parallel circuits (definition, advantages, disadvantages, example)

Part 3: Current and Voltage

• Current (definition, measurement units, ammeter)
• Current in series circuits
• Current in parallel circuits
• Voltage (definition, measurement units, voltmeter)
• Voltage in series circuits
• Voltage in parallel circuits

NEW! Includes Student Summary Notes Document

• This PPT now includes a 3-page student summary notes document with a corresponding 3-page answer key for teachers.
• Summary notes feature questions directly tied to each slide in order, and include fill in the blanks questions as well as diagram labeling

Product Files Downloadable in 2 Formats:

• The PPT product comes in 2 formats: a static PDF document and fully-editable PPTX document
• The Summary Notes product comes in 2 formats: a static PDF document and fully-editable Word document
• Download the full PDF preview to see EXACTLY what you are getting!!

Relevant NGSS Disciplinary Core Idea(s) Addressed by This Product:

NGSS - MS-PS3.A

Physical Science - Energy - Definitions of Energy

NGSS - MS-PS3.B

Physical Science - Energy - Conservation of Energy & Energy Transfer

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