Electricity is
the movement of tiny atomic particles called electrons, particles
so small that you can’t see them. Electrons live within atoms,
which make up everything in the world. Electrons sometimes move
from one atom to another, which forces other electrons to move.
This movement creates an electrical charge, or electrical current.
 Today,
most power plants use steam to create electricity. To create the
steam, water is heated using burning coal, oil, natural gas or nuclear
power. Steam expands and the force of it moves big fan blades (in
a turbine) that help turn a generator. Inside the generator are
magnets that spin around and make electrons jump across coils of
copper wire. The “electron jumping” is what we call
electricity.
 The
electricity made by generators must be used immediately. It cannot
be stored, so power plants must always be generating electricity.
Generators cost millions of dollars to produce. If we don’t
learn to conserve electricity, we will all be paying a lot of money
in the future to build more and more generators. This is not good
for our bank accounts, natural resources or our environment.
IT’S
VERY IMPORTANT THAT
EVERYONE LEARNS
TO CONSERVE ELECTRICITY
EVERY DAY.
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shocks you when you touch a
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lights up a sky with lightning during a storm.