8.02 Electric Current and Batteries

• Introduction
• Learn
• Try It
• Task

Introduction

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Your alarm clock goes off. It is time to get ready for school! You get up turn on your light.

In the few seconds you've been awake, you've already used electricity. Electricity is all around us in everything we do. The computer you are using right now is powered by electricity.

How does the electricity get to your alarm clock and light to make them work? You'll learn how in this lesson.

 

Lesson Objectives

Following successful completion of this lesson, students will be able to... Define current, battery, and voltage. Describe electrical currents. Enduring Understandings Electricity is a form of energy that can be transformed by moving electric charges doing work in various devices. The above objectives correspond with the Alabama Course of Study: Physical Science standards: 10.