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Electricity and energy — Electronics for kids

Electricity is a flow of tiny charged particles (electrons) round a circuit. Cells, batteries, solar panels and generators give us electricity; appliances use it and change it into another kind of energy — a lamp gives light, a kettle gives heat, a fan gives movement and a doorbell gives sound.

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What comes out? — “every electric device changes electricity into another kind of energy”

  1. Sources give electricity: cells, batteries, solar panels, generators, dynamos, power stations.
  2. Appliances use it and change it: light (torch, tube light), heat (iron, kettle, toaster), movement (fan, mixer, drill), sound (doorbell, buzzer, speaker).
  3. Ask: what comes out when it works? That is the energy it mainly gives.

Use it for: Science lessons on energy and electricity, a “devices at home” survey and the first electronics lesson.

Worked example: ⚡ What does an electric kettle mainly change electricity into? → heat

  1. A kettle’s job is to make water hot.
  2. So it mainly changes electricity into heat.

Check: Touch the kettle after use (carefully!) — it is hot, not loud ✓

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