{"id":21802,"date":"2019-07-22T18:08:55","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T22:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myedme.com\/login\/?p=21802"},"modified":"2019-07-24T11:00:47","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T15:00:47","slug":"chapter-2-history-of-electricity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myedme.com\/login\/chapter-2-history-of-electricity\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 2. History of Electricity\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Electricity<\/strong> is a\ntype of energy. Electricity occurs naturally. That means it happens in nature.\nNo one invented electricity. It\u2019s always been around! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It can build in one place and then flow to another place.\nElectrons are small particles that have a negative charge. They are the\nsmallest pieces of electricity. Electricity is the flow of electrons. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You probably have felt static electricity. Electricity built\ninside of you. Then, it flows to a doorknob or desktop. It\u2019s a good example of\nelectricity. <strong>Static electricity<\/strong>\nforms when electricity gathers in one place. Static electricity builds when two\nobjects are rubbed together. When you rub a balloon on your hair, you create\nstatic electricity. Sometimes, when you run across the carpet in your fancy\nsocks, you create static electricity. Your body received additional electrons.\nThen, if you touch metal (like a door knob), your hand is shocked by\nelectricity. This happens because the additional electrons leave you and jump\ninto door knob. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An <strong>electrical current<\/strong>\nforms when electricity moves. Electricity moves along a line. It can move in\nthe air (lightning!). It can move along a wire (power line!). It can move along\na lot of pieces. We call this current is this flow of electricity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A <strong>conductor<\/strong>\nallows electrons to move easily. Your phone charger is a good conductor. The\nmetal wires in your tablet also move electricity well. In fact, metal is a good\nconductor of electricity. That is why your metal doorknob causes shocks from\nstatic electricity. The door knob is a conductor, so if you touch it with your\nnegatively charged hand, there is a shock! Now, if the doorknob was made out of\nwood, you would not receive a shock. Why? Because wood is an insulator. <strong>Insulators<\/strong> do NOT allow electrons to\nmove freely. So, the wood does not allow the electrons leave your negatively\ncharged hand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How\ndo we know?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People like you studied electricity. They studied things they saw for a long time. They wrote down what they saw, which is called <strong>observations<\/strong>. These observations are data scientists used to study electricity. Some of these scientists studied electricity over 2,500 years ago. You could be the person that makes the next event on our timeline!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe src='https:\/\/cdn.knightlab.com\/libs\/timeline3\/latest\/embed\/index.html?source=1kgdQs4jfWLa-IAt5CW7PEC2oPZdZKjUeqT1oAQp39lo&#038;font=Bevan-PotanoSans&#038;maptype=toner&#038;width=600&#038;height=600' width='600' height='600' frameborder='0'><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>Want to learn more? We like this list of electricity events!<\/p><cite><a href=\"https:\/\/www.salemelectric.com\/sites\/default\/files\/downloads\/Kids_History_of_Electricity.pdf\">https:\/\/www.salemelectric.com\/sites\/default\/files\/downloads\/Kids_History_of_Electricity.pdf<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Electricity is a type of energy. Electricity occurs naturally. That means it happens in nature. No one invented electricity. It\u2019s always been around! It can build in one place and then flow to another place. Electrons are small particles that have a negative charge. They are the smallest pieces of electricity. 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