Transcript how can electricity be produced

How Can Electricity Be Produced?
From Many Resources!
Learning Target
 To understand how sun, wind, water,
coal, and other resources can produce
electricity.
 How
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electricity is produced is a missing
To Create Electricity
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You need an energy source, e.g. coal
This is burnt to produce heat or steam
The heat or steam then drives a turbine
The turbine then can drive a generator
The generator then produces electricity
The electricity is then transported in cables
to where
How Generators Produces Electricity
 http://www.metacafe.com/watch/912594
/simple_electric_generator/
 Generating Electricity at a Power
Plant A Segment of: Electricity and
Magnetism: Generating Electricity
How Generators Produces Electricity
 As wires and magnets pass by each
other a flow of electrons is produced.
How a Wind Turbine Generates
Electricity
How Thermal Energy can Generate
Electricity
Electricity Generated from
Water
Using Coal to Produce
Electricity
Using solar energy to
produce electricity
Energy For Kids
 http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/kids/