Help your classes realize their potential! A thorough lesson on potential electric energy helps scholars understand the basics of voltage and capacitors. The instructor also shows how to calculate electric potential energy in the 27th lesson in a Crash Course playlist series.

Concepts

potential energy, electrical energy, voltage, capacitance

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Create a concept map to record important concepts while viewing the video

Classroom Considerations

• Requires individual Internet access if assigning for independent viewing
• Assumes previous knowledge of electric energy
  

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Diagrams provide an important reference for new vocabulary
• Includes subtitles in multiple languages, which is beneficial to ELLs

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.9-10.2 SL.11-12.2 RST.9-10.7 RST.11-12.7