[Music] smile and learn hi everyone welcome to my show science Madness today we're going to dive into the world of electricity thank you thank you we have some really cool activities planned including some science experiments I know so get ready for an awesome episode on electricity for the first part of the show we asked some children from around the world to explain what they know about electricity let's connect with our first friend hi guys electricity is something we need to power our electronic devices such as televisions or my electric guitar [Music] if our electricity was
invented people used candles for light now with just a push of a button we can light up our houses not only that with electricity we can power trains an amusement park rides my teacher told us that we can create electricity by using the energy from natural resources such as water oil or even the Sun thanks guys I think we learned a lot from our friends as we saw electricity is a type of energy we use to turn on lights or power our electronic devices electricity has become so important in our lives that we can't imagine
living without it as our last friend said electricity can be produced in many different ways let's find out we can use energy from natural resources like fossil fuels wind water and the sun to create electricity let's take a look battle fuels such as coal gas and oil are natural resources found beneath the earth's surface we burn these fossil fuels at power plants to boil large amounts of water this produces steam that is powerful enough to turn a large turbine which basically looks like a big egg beater when the turbines turn they activate a generator that
produces electricity but we have to be careful because producing electricity with fossil fuels is harmful to the environment another way we can get electricity is by using the force of the wind in other words wind energy you ever seen wind turbines when the wind blows and pushes the blades of the wind turbines in a circular motion it also turns a shaft which activates the generator reducing electricity we can also get energy from the force of the water maybe you have seen a dam it is a big wall built to collect large amounts of water the
water is pushed through pipes which creates the pressure needed to turn the blades of the turbine thus activating the generator and producing electricity this type of energy is called hydroelectricity lastly we will talk about the energy we can use from the Sun this is called solar energy when it's a sunny day the solar panels capture the solar energy from the Sun and transform it into electricity solar panels can be found on buildings cars boats and space satellites there are more ways to produce electricity from these natural resources but the ones we saw today are the
most common once the electricity is created using these natural resources it is then transported through cables and wires to our homes schools and workplaces ready for us to use electricity can also be stored in batteries that we use to power our flashlights mobile phones or remote controls well there you have it now we know where our electricity comes from it's important to understand that electricity should not be wasted remember to turn off the lights and other electrical devices when they're not in use up next we're going to discover types of electricity and circuits stay tuned
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