Teach your students about insulators and conductors of thermal and electrical energy with this set of teaching slides.
How are Conductors and Insulators Different? Explore with This Lesson!
Is it hot in here?
Then we must be talking about conduction and insulation!
This thermal and electrical energy presentation includes vocabulary words, discussion slides, and comprehension checkpoints that make it easy to assess your student’s understanding of the concepts while teaching the lesson.
Students can use this presentation as a reference or guide when working on any activity or classwork that explores the properties of conductors and insulators.
This teaching presentation was designed to introduce and discuss the concepts of:
- Thermal Energy
- Electrical Energy
- Conduction and conductors
- Insulation and insulators
By looking at examples of how energy is transferred, students will walk away from this lesson with the ability to differentiate between insulators and conductors of thermal and electrical energy.
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Pre-Lesson Activity
Got a flipped classroom? Students can be assigned this presentation as independent reading, either at home or prior to starting the lesson together as a group. Ask students to provide examples of each of the vocabulary words to assess their understanding.
Turn & Talk
Ask students to write questions on a sticky note as the resource is presented. Then put students into groups of 3 or 4 to help each other answer the questions on their sticky notes. Even if the answer was uncovered farther into the lesson, challenge students to address every sticky note question to ensure all group members comprehend the concepts.
Be the Teacher
As a post-lesson activity, ask students what they would put on a quiz if they were the teacher. Have your students write their own 5-question quiz using the information in the presentation. Then, direct them to trade papers with another student to take the quiz.
How to Get Your Teaching Slides
If you are ready to use this teaching presentation in your classroom, head on over to the green download button! Here, you can access the editable Google Slides version of this resource. Please note that you will first be prompted to make a copy of the resource to your personal drive before accessing it.
This resource was created by Colleen Burke, a teacher in New York and a Teach Starter Collaborator.
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