Electricity for Kids – What is a Transformer?
A transformer can make an electric current smaller or larger. As an electric current flows along the wires from a power station, it loses energy...
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What is voltage in electricity? – Voltage experiment for kids
You can make a bulb light up by using two wires to join it to a battery. The bulb lights up because an electric current is flowing through it. The battery produces the current by pushing electrons along the wires. The…
What is Electric Wire? – Electricity for Kids
Do you know how water gets to the faucets on your kitchen sink? It comes through pipes. Pipes let water flow in the direction we want it to go. How do we make electricity flow in the direction we want…
How does a light bulb work – for kids?
How does a light bulb work – for kids? Have you ever looked closely at an ordinary electric light bulb? Hold it carefully while you do so. Inside, you may see wire “legs” holding up a thinner wire arranged in…
Measuring Amps – What is Measured in Amps?
Most electrical appliances have wires attached to them.The wires carry an electric current around a complete pathway called an electric circuit.Some appliances need more electric current than others before they will work.The amount of electric current depends on how much…
HOW DOES WIND POWER WORK?
The wind has been a source of energy for thousands of years. Before the development of the steam engine, most ships relied on wind power to fill their sails and push them along. Windmills were used to turn grindstones and…
HOW SOLAR POWER WORKS?
More energy reaches earth from the sun than could be converted by millions of power stations. The sun’s energy costs nothing, but how can we use it?We can use the sun’s energy to heat the water in our homes. One…
HOW DOES HYDROELECTRIC POWER WORK?
Did you know that a power station can produce electricity without burning coal or oil, and without using nuclear fuel? How? A power station can turn the potential energy of water into kinetic energy and then convert this energy into…
HOW IS ELECTRICITY GENERATED IN A POWER STATION?
When you’re traveling by train or riding along in a bus or car, you can easily spot a power station if you pass one. Many power stations have very tall towers called cooling towers. White clouds pour out of them.…
ELECTRICITY GRID AND POWER POOL
Why is electricity the most convenient form of energy to use? It is clean. It can travel over long distances along wires. It can easily be changed into other forms of energy, such as heat and light. To use the…