Materials What kinds of materials will conduct, or - bell wire (6 feet; 1.8 meters) - dry cell (No. 6) - flashlight bulb (1.5 volts) - knife - porcelain or plastic socket (small, for...
A push in a wire
should go. Click! The minute you turn on a lamp or a radio, something happens---a light bulb glows or sounds come out. But electricity doesn't jump into the lamp or the radio. It flows through...
Making sparks fly
Do sparks fly when you pull your jacket off? Do you get a crackling shock when you touch a doorknob? These things happen because you've been collecting electricity! The sparks and crackles are...
What is electricity?
When you turn on a light, ring a doorbell, or plug in a coffee pot, you start a parade---but it's a parade you can't see! The parade is a parade of moving, pushing electrons (ih trahnz). The energy...
Currents and Sparks
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