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What Does It Cost to Use It?

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High schoolers investigate how electrical usage is counted. For this electricity lesson, students research an electric bill and define terms such as watts and kilowatts. High schoolers calculate the average electricity cost per year by using a multiplication formula.

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electrical energy, electricity, watts, cost

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electrical energy, electrical usage, electricity, price, watts, math
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Grade
9th - 12th
Subjects
Math
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
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For Teacher Use
Duration
2 hrs
Instructional Strategy
Research

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