HOW ELECTRICITY IS MADE

TEACHER'S NOTES

• KS2 Programmes of study
• This section will help your students understand how the energy in various materials is released to create electricity, and how energy can be transformed into different forms.

MAIN TEACHING POINTS

• Electricity is just one type of energy. Energy can never be destroyed, but it can change from one form to another.
  
  
• Electricity is made by releasing the energy in fuels - ie. coal, gas or oil - or from renewable resources - like wind and moving water.

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