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This lesson introduces the concept of electricity by asking students to imagine what their life would be like without electricity. Two main forms of electricity, static and current, are introduced. Students learn that electrons can move between atoms, leaving atoms in a charged state.

Since Thomas Edison invented the light bulb in 1879, engineers have continued to develop new products that use electricity. For example, in our everyday life we regularly use inventions such as the television, radio, refrigerator, water heater, washing machine and computer. We now demand so much electricity that engineers are asked to invent new ways to make it. The work of engineers has resulted in a choice of renewable alternative energy sources, such as hydroelectric power, solar and wind energy. Explain the different between static and current electricity.Understand that electricity is a form of energy that can move.Recognize that energy in the form of electricity can affect common objects and is involved in everyday events.Describe and list energy alternatives for electricity that engineers are developing. 50TeachEngineering.orgDaria Kotys-SchwartzMalinda Schaefer ZarskeDenise Carlsonhttp://www.ieee-virtual-museum.org/Reuben, Gabriel. Electricity Experiments for Children. New York, NY: Dover, 1968.http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0211620/static.htmlVanCleave, Janice. Physics for Every Kid. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1991.http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/electricity.htmlS1141721International_Technology_Education_Association-ITEA_STL_StandardsTechnologyB. Because people's needs and wants change, new technologies are developed, and old ones are improved to meet those changes. 35S11416DAInternational_Technology_Education_Association-ITEA_STL_StandardsTechnologyC. Various relationships exist between technology and other fields of study.35S11424F4ColoradoScienceb. Show that electricity in circuits requires a complete loop through which current can pass 44S11424F3ColoradoSciencea. Identify and describe the variety of energy sources 44United StatesCopyright 2012 - Integrated Teaching and Learning Program, College of Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulderhttp://www.teachengineering.org/policy_ipp.phphttp://www.teachengineering.org/2010-08-234Teacher