Review Materials

Standards of Learning

5.4 The student will investigate and understand that electrical energy is transmitted and used in daily life.

     Key ideas include…

a) electrical energy flows easily through conductors but not insulators;

b) electrical energy flows through closed circuits;

c) static electricity can be generated by rubbing certain materials together;

d) electrical energy can be transformed into radiant, mechanical, and thermal energy; and

e) a current flowing through a wire creates a magnetic field.