LEARN ABOUT ELECTRICITY 
HOW THINGS WORK 
(for kids)
CONDUCTORS AND INSULATORS 
• Some materials 
conduct 
electric current. 
• Some materials 
insulate 
electric current. 
• Which of these 
materials are 
conductors and 
which are 
insulators?
• Water can conduct 
electricity at high 
voltage.
TWO TYPES OF ELECTRICITY 
• Static Electricity 
is produced when 
some materials are 
rubbed together.
• Current Electricity is 
caused by tiny 
invisible things called 
electrons that move 
through metal. This 
flow is called an 
electric current.
• What do you 
need? 
• Your hair 
• An inflated 
balloon
Video 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY 
9qcDCFeVI 
Instructions 
http://hilaroad.com/camp/projects/lemo 
n/lemon_battery.html
• He created the first battery in 1799.
•Núria Lorenzo 
•CLIL Science 
•CEIP Can Raspalls

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