Slide 1: Electricity
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Slide 4: Electricity
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Slide 5: Table of Contents
Table of Contents 1 Goal, Objectives and Target Audience 2 Electrons 3 Static Electricity 4 Electricity 5 Conductivity 6 Current 7 Water Analogy 8 Activity Stations 5
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Hi, I’m Mike Rawn, and I will be your learning guide through this module!
Slide 7: Electrons
Electrons are very Electrons small and are always moving, sometimes Electron almost as fast as the speed of light! Every single item in the whole world is e made up of tiny, tiny things called atoms. Electrons are part of these tiny atoms, moving around the nucleus of the atom. e PN P N In this modu
Slide 8: Static electricity
Static electricity Have you ever been shocked? That is the result of Static electricity is the build-up of electric static electricity! charge on the surface of objects. Static electricity usually happens when two different materials are rubbed together, causing electrons to move from one material t
Slide 9: ESD (Electrostatic Discharge)
ESD (Electrostatic Discharge) Think about a time when you walked across a carpet and then touched a metal doorknob. Did you feel a little shock? That's ESD! Here's how it works: Building Up Charge: As you walk on the carpet, your body picks up extra tiny particles called electrons from the carpet. T
Slide 10: Electricity and electrons
B o i n g ! Electricity and electrons e e e e e PN PN PN P P e N P Electrons have a negative charge N N P N P N P N • Most electrons stay attached moving around e e e the nucleus of their own atom, but in some special materials called conductors, some of their electrons can easily move from one atom
Slide 11: Conductivity
Conductivity What does it mean for a material to be conductive? • It means that current runs through the material easily. The electrons in conductive materials are loosely bound. Materials that conduct electricity are called Conductors • What type of materials are good conductors? • Silver, copper,
Slide 12: Current
Current What does the word current mean? • A current is defined as something that flows. • You have probably observed a current of water in a river or a stream. • The flow of electrons through conductive material is known as an electric current. Electric current Water current Plastic Insulation Copp
Slide 13: Water Current
Water Current Why do we see water current in this river? And why don’t we see such water current in this lake? Water current flows in a river because No slope, no inlet, no outlet, the upstream is at a water is all at the same level higher elevation than Upstream downstream/there is a slope. Gravity
Slide 14: Electrical Wire
Electrical Wire - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - So, if water current flows - because upstream is at a higher elevation than downstream... what makes electric current flow in conductors? 14
Slide 15: No current
No current Did you notice the • Let’s start talking about what arrows showing happens when there is no noticeable the random current movement of these electrons when no • In the lake we don’t see water current potential is because there is no upstream at a applied? higher gravity potential than down
Slide 16: Current
Current • In order to generate a net electric current in a conductor we need to apply a specific type of potential – different than the gravity potential needed to generate water current in a river. • To generate electric current through a conductor we apply voltage. • Voltage is the difference in e
Slide 17: Voltage
Voltage I am applying 3 Volts on each side of the conductor…why 3V 3V don’t I see any electric current? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - • Remember the picture of Crater Lake: when the water is all at the same height (all at the same gravity potential), there is no noticeable water current.
Slide 18: Activity Stations
Let’s start the Activity Stations experiments! Static Electricity Lemon Battery Circuits 18
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