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Understand Electricity Basics

In this worksheet, students will revise some facts about electricity.

'Understand Electricity Basics' worksheet

Key stage:  KS 2

Year:  Year 6 Science worksheets

Curriculum topic:   Electricity

Curriculum subtopic:   Energy in Circuits

Difficulty level:  

Worksheet Overview

Electricity is an energy.

It is a flow of charged particles called electrons moving about to make a current.

 

We use electricity in our homes to power lights, TVs, computers, fridges, ovens, computers and many other things.

Some of our homes now have a smart meter that measures how much electricity we are using.

 

kettle light bulb

 

Electrical energy can be seen in nature in a bolt of lightning, which is a very large number of electrons flowing through the air all at once.

 

lightning

 

In this activity, we will investigate electricity.

 

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