Demo1st Grade

Speaker Becomes a Microphone

Speaker can generate a tiny electrical signal.

Teaching & key ideas

What you do: Speak/tap near speaker wired as input. What students see: Speaker can generate a tiny electrical signal. Why it works: Moving voice coil in a magnetic field induces voltage—the reverse of speaker operation. Question to ask: How can the same device change electricity to sound and sound to electricity?

Lesson flow

Predict → demonstrate → observe → briefly explain → ask: How can the same device change electricity to sound and sound to electricity?