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Electricity, Electricity

From Schoolhouse Rock! · 1979

Electricity, Electricity
3 min2nd3rd4th5thScience
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Summary

A high-energy song tracing electricity from its source to the lights and gadgets we use, showing how electric current flows to power our world.

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Discussion

A high-energy song tracing electricity from its source to the lights and gadgets we use, showing how electric current flows to power our world..

  1. Where does the electricity in your home come from?
  2. Does electricity need an open or a closed path to flow?
  3. Name three things that run on electricity.

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: electricity, current, energy.

Try it: List five things you used today that needed electricity.