Everything is made up of tiny particles. These particles may have positive or negative charges. Electricity is the presence or flow of these charged particles.
Electricity is a form of energy that is commonly used for lighting, heating, and powering various devices and machines. Electrical circuits allow us to transfer the energy from place to place
Electricity can be generated by a variety of sources, including coal, natural gas, nuclear energy, solar power, wind power, and hydroelectric power.
This unit is one of the most poorly understood topics that we teach at school and also one of the most important things to modern day life that we use all day everyday.
This video talks you through the history of the development of electricity. I think it is crazy to think that this is all pretty new. When my house was built the electric light bulb did not exist!!!
Some substances allow electricity to pass through them and are called electrical conductors.
Other substances do not allow electricity to pass through them are called electrical insulators.