2. At the top of your page, make a list of everything you use electricity for. Please share with a partner.

3. All matter is made up of tiny particles called atoms.

4. Atoms contain particles with both positive and negative electrical charges

5. We can show a positive charge as a plus sign (+) and a negative charge as a minus sign (-).

6. Opposite charges attract each other, and like charges repel each other.

7. Have you ever gotten a “shock” when you’ve touched something. Think about what it was and what you did leading up to the “shock”. In the margin of you paper, explain your “shocking experience”.

8. The buildup of electrical charges on a material is called static electricity.

9. Lightning is a discharge of static electricity during a storm.

11. The path along which electric current flows is called a circuit.

12. A continuous flow of electricity through a circuit is called current electricity. An unbroken circuit is called a closed circuit.

13. A circuit with a gap is an open circuit; a circuit can be open and closed with a switch.

14. Electric current flows along a single path in a series circuit.

15. A parallel circuit connects each load to the power source by different paths called branches.

16. A fuse box and a circuit breaker are two safety devices that open a circuit when the current of electricity is dangerously high.

17. Why do you think there’s only one shock after you rub your socks (while your feet are in them) on the carpet and then touch the doorknob, but when you rub a balloon on the curtains or carpet and place it on the wall, it stays there for a long period of time?