What Is Electricity? Explained for Kids

You flip a switch and the light turns on right away.

But nothing is pouring into the bulb… so what actually moved?

There’s no water.

No fuel.

Just a thin metal wire.

So how does electricity travel through it?

What are electrons doing inside the wire the whole time?

And what’s really happening when a battery or outlet “pushes” the power through?

Let’s slow it down and follow the tiny moving pieces that make everything light up.

The skinny

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