Learning Goals:

1. Students will be able to engage prior knowledge of energy, electricity, and water and apply their understandings to a new energy generation source.

Handouts

• NEED’s Energy of Moving Water student guide

Classroom Supplies

• Energy of Moving Water Kit from NEED

or

• 1 Small bottle
• 1 Rubber stopper
• 1 Wooden dowel
• 4 Strong rectangle magnets
• 1 Foam tube
• 1 Small nail
• 1 Large nail
• Magnetic wire
• Permanent marker
• 1 Pair of sharp scissors
• Masking tape
• Fine sandpaper
• 1 Push pin
• 1 Multimeter with alligator clips
• Hand operated pencil sharpener
• Ruler
• Optional: Utility knife
• Optional: Hydro-Electric Power Station – Working Water Turbine to Generate Electricity – Eisco Labs (example)

Important Links

• Lesson Plan
• Slides: Water Power Slides
• NEED’s Energy of Moving Water Teacher Guide