Physics of the Universe · Week 12 · Forces at a Distance
Generating Electricity
Explaining how generators induce current and how communities negotiate where new power lines should go.
- Students will
- Students explain how a spinning magnet near a coil induces current, plan a test of how coil turns change voltage, and weigh choices with a partner about where new power lines go.
- SEL skill
- Disagree respectfully and still reach a shared decision
- What it looks like
- Students practice clear, respectful communication when they disagree about a shared decision.
- Content focus
- Generating electricity: induction and community choices
- Format
- Structured discussion
Relationship skills
Relationship skills are the ways you build and keep healthy connections through clear communication, listening, teamwork, and working through conflict. More relationship skills activities
What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- HS-PS2-5: High School Physical Science performance expectation
- Science and engineering practice: SEP6 Constructing explanations and designing solutions
- Crosscutting concept: CCC2 Cause and effect
- CA Environmental Principles and Concepts: Principle V: Decisions affecting resources and natural systems are complex and involve many factors
- Literacy in science: WHST.11-12.2 Write informative and explanatory texts, including scientific procedures and processes.
- Traditional course: Physics
Fits these textbook chapters
- Physics Techbook, Concept 3.2: Conservation of Energy
- Physics Techbook, Concept 3.4: Electricity and Magnetism
- Physics Techbook, Concept 3.5: Conductors and Insulators
- Inspire Physics, Unit 5: Electric Current and Circuits
- Inspire Physics, Unit 5: Magnetic Fields
- Inspire Physics, Unit 5: Electromagnetism
- California HMH Science Dimensions: Physics in the Universe, Unit 5: Electricity and Magnetism
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More relationship skills activities for Physics of the Universe
- Designing for Safety Relationship skillsTeams design a device that reduces collision force on an egg and share ideas so every voice shapes the design.
- Wind in the Pass Relationship skillsTeams design paper turbine blades, compare test data against criteria, and share roles to turn ideas into a stronger design.
- Earthquake Ready Relationship skillsExplaining how earthquake risk shapes where and how we live and building a family and class communication plan.
- Signals from Deep Inside Relationship skillsModeling energy flow in Earth's interior from seismic wave evidence and reading the hidden signals in classmates' moods.
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