12. Bring the water to a boil. When steam starts jetting from the hole, lower the can over the hole, using the stick as a handle. The steam pouring from the two holes in the soup can will start the turbine spinning merrily.

     You’ll have to imagine that in an actual plant, high pressure steam blasts against a series of such turbine wheels on the same shaft. The shaft, in turn, drives an electric generator, which produces the electricity. It’s amazing how powerful steam is.