HOW ELECTRICITY WAS DISCOVERED

TEACHER'S NOTES

• KS2 Programmes of study
• This section provides your pupils with an introduction to Michael Faraday and his discovery of electricity.
  

MAIN TEACHING POINTS

• Although electricity is a natural force, it can be generated so we can use it safely when needed.
  
  
• Electric current makes a magnet turn. Conversely, a turning magnet can create an electric current.
  
  
• Electricity is generated using this basic principle.

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