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Louise Spilsbury

ШВ Introduction 3
1 Electricity 4
2 Electricity in Nature 6
3 How We Make Electricity 8
4 Batteries 10
5 How We Get Electricity 12
6 How ELectricity Moves 14
7 Stop Pollution! 16
8 Be Safe! 18
Activities 20
Projects 36
Picture Dictionary 38
About Read and Discover 40

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 Introduction
We use electricity every day. We
use electricity in lamps, computers,
and refrigerators. We use electricity
to cook, to watch television, and to
listen to music.

W hat do you use electricity for?

How do we make electricity?

Now read and discover

more about electricity!

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Electricity is a type of energy.

Energy makes things work. We use
electricity to make machines work.
We use electric machines in our
homes, schools, and offices.

We can use
electricity in
trains, cars,
and some
buses, too!
Electric machines help us to do
m any things in the kitchen. We use
a kettle to make water hot. We use
a refrigerator to keep our food cold,
and we use a stove to cook our
food. We use a washing m achine
to wash our clothes, and we use a
dishwasher to wash our dishes.

How m any electric machines can

you see here?
 Electricity
in Nature
T here’s electricity in
nature. In the Arctic and
the Antarctic, electricity
from the sun makes red
and green colors in the sky.
The colors are amazing!

Electricity in the Sky

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 Lightning is a type of electricity in
the sky, too. Lightning has lots of
energy. It’s very, very hot.

W hen you see lightning in the sky,

go into your home. Lightning can
give you an electric shock. T h a t’s
when electricity goes into your
body. T hen it can kill you!

Й O P The eLecbic ray has electricity

in its body. It uses electricity
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to catch and eat other fish!

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How We Make
Electricity
We m ake electricity in power
stations. We use this electricity
to make machines work.

M any power stations use coal to

make electricity. We burn the coal
to make w ater hot. H ot w ater makes
steam. T he steam turns a turbine.
The turbine turns a generator. T hen
the generator makes electricity.

How a Power Station Works

Some power stations don’t use coal.
This power station uses w ater from
a river. The w ater in the river turns
turbines.

We can use wind to make electricity,

too. This is a wind farm. The wind
turns turbines to make electricity.
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Batteries
Some machines get electricity from
batteries. We put batteries into lots
of machines to m ake them work.
C alculators, cam eras, cell phones,
and watches get electricity from
batteries. We can take these
machines with us when we move.
Do you have machines th at use
batteries?

Machines

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M ost batteries are small. They

make electricity for small machines.
Some machines use two or more
batteries to work. Big batteries
make electricity for big machines.
A car battery helps a car to work.
 How We Get
Electricity
We use lots of electricity in our
homes. Electricity moves from power
stations to our homes. How does it
get there? Electricity moves in wires.
The wires take electricity from a
power station. The wires take
electricity to our homes, schools,
and offices, too. T hen we can use it.
Wires take electricity to sockets.
We put a plug in a socket to use
electricity. Electricity goes from
the socket to the plug. Wires take
electricity from the plug to electric
machines.

It’s bad to put too

m any plugs in one
socket. The socket
can get too hot
and burn.
Go to pages 28-29 for activities.
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Electricity moves through some
materials. Electricity moves fast
through metal. M etal wires take
electricity from power stations to
our homes.

Electricity moves through water, too.

Don’t touch electric

machines with wet hands.
You can get an eLectric shock!

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Electricity can’t move
through some materials.
Electricity can ’t move
through plastic or glass.
These things stop
electricity moving.

Plugs have plastic on them.

Plastic stops electricity moving
to us when we touch a plug.

Glass stops electricity moving

from wires into a m etal pylon.
The glass stops electricity moving
to the ground.
 pollution

M any power stations burn coal to

make electricity. This makes
pollution.

W hat can we do to stop pollution?

We can turn off lamps, computers,
and other m achines when we are
not using them. We can have a
shower, not a bath.
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We can get electricity from power
stations th at make electricity with
wind or water. These power stations
don’t make pollution.

We can also use the sun to make

electricity! Solar panels use energy
from the sun to make electricity.
Solar panels don’t make pollution.

How can you stop pollution?

How can you be safe with
electricity? D on’t put electric
machines next to water. Electricity
can move through w ater to you.
Firefighters don’t use water to stop
electric machines burning.T hey
use powder to stop the fire.

Don’t fly a kite next to

electricity wires. Electricity
can move from the kite to you!
It isn’t safe to put your fingers
in sockets or electric machines.
Electricity can move from the socket
or the m achine to you. It can give
you an electric shock. Remember to
be safe with electricity.

Electricity helps us to do m any

things every day and every night.
Electricity is amazing!
 Electricity
Read pages 4-5.

1 Complete the sentences.

electricity work machines energy

1 Electricity is a type of energy .

2 Energy makes th in g s_____________.
3 We u se _____________ to make machines work.
4 We use electric in our homes.

2 Find and write the words.

1 machine

2 _b________

3 t

4 С
3 Write the words.

stove refrigerator kettle dishwasher

1 refrigerator 3
2 4

4 Match. Then write the sentences.

Kettles cook our food,

Refrigerators wash our clothes,
Stoves wash our dishes,
Washing machines keep our food coLd.
Dishwashers make w ater hot.

l Kettles make water hot.

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Electricity in Nature
^ Read pages 6-7.

1 Write the words.

eLectric shock sun Lightning sky

2 Write true or false.

1 There’s no electricity in nature.
2 Electricity from the home makes
colors in the sky. ______
3 The eLectric ray has electricity in
its body. ______
4 The eLectric ray uses electricity to
catch and eat other fish. ______
3 Match.
verg, very hot.
Lightning is a
tgpe of give you an
electric shock.
Lightning has
electricity goes
Lightning is into your body.
Lightning can lots of energy.
An electric shock electricity in the
is when sky.

4 Answer the questions.

1 How much energy does Lightning have?
Lightning has lots of energy._______
2 How hot is lightning?

3 What do you do when you see lightning in

the sky?

4 W hat is an electric shock?

5 Where does electricity make amazing colors

in the sky?
 Э How We Make
Electricity
^ Read pages 8-9.

1 Complete the sentences.

electricity turbine coal steam generator

1 We b urn _____________ to make water hot.

2 Hot w ater m akes_____________ .
3 The steam turns a _____________ .
4 The turbine turns a _____________ .
5 The generator m akes_____________ .

2 Answer the questions.

1 Where do we make electricity?

2 W hat do power stations use to make

electricity?

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power station
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4 Circle the correct words.

1 Some power stations use water from

a tree / river.
2 Water in a river turns / stops turbines.
3 Wind farms use / burn wind to make
electricity.
4 The sun / wind turns turbines.

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 Batteries
Read pages 10-11.

1 Circle the correct words.

calculator / telephone / cell phone /

television camera computer

clock / machine /
watch satellite

2 Find and write the words.

^ ^ Sgn^ ca lculo^ 0<t-Orw a tc h b a tfery COmera

1 cell phone 3 __________ 5___ ____

3 Match. Then write sentences.

Most batteries electricity for big

They make machines.
electricity or more batteries
Some machines to work.
use two for sm all
Big batteries machines.
make are smaLl.

3
4

4 Complete the sentences.

batteries smaLl sateLLites watches car

1 Most batteries a re ____

2 Cameras and get electricity
from batteries.
3 A car battery helps a to work.
4 Some have giant batteries,
5 Giant make some satellites work.
 How We Get
Electricity
Read pages 12-13.

1 Complete the puzzle.

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2 Write true or false.

1 Electricity moves in wires.
2 Wires take electricity from
a power station.
3 Wires take wind to our homes,
schools, and offices.
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3 Order the words.

1 to sockets. / Wires take / electricity

2 a pLug / We put /in a /socket.

3 from a socket / Electricity / to a plug. / goes

4 to electric machines, / from a plug /

Wires take / electricity

4 Answer the questions.

1 Where do we put a plug to use electricity?

2 W hat do wires do?

3 How many plugs can we put in a socket?

4 When can a socket get too hot and burn?

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 How Electricity
Moves
4r Read pages 14-15.

1 Complete the sentences.

moves through
to some m aterials.

2 Electricity moves through

7!<. 3 MetaL take

eLectricity from power
to our homes.

(M j 4 Electricity moves through

JM , too.

5 Don’t touch an eLectric

with wet hands. You can get an
electric !

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2 Write true or false
1 Electricity can’t move through
some materials.
2 Electricity can move through
plastic.
3Electricity can’t move through
glass.
4 Plastic and glass stop electricity
moving.

3 Match. Then write sentences.

Plugs have electricity moving

Plastic stops to the ground.
electricity moving from wires
The glass stops into a m etal pylon.
electricity moving to us when
The glass on we touch a plug.
pylons stops plastic on them.

1
2

3
4
(7 ) Stop Pollution!
Read pages 16-17.

1 Find and write the words.

С о a L e s h 0 w e r
e L e с t r i с i t У
g a P о L I u t i 0 n
L a m P 0 5 h b a t h
m g с О m P u t e r У
m a с m a С h i n e t

1 C 5 I
2 s 6
3 e 7
4 _ц___________________ 8 _m

2 Answer the questions.

1 How do power stations make pollution?

2 W hat can we do to stop poLLution?

3 Complete the sentences.

1 We can get electricity from power

stations that make eLectricity
with or

2 These power don’t

make

3 We can also use the

to make electricity.

4 S o la r_____________use energy from

the sun to make eLectricity. Solar
panels don’t m ake_____________ .

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4* Read pages 18-19.

1 Write the words.

wires powder fire kite

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1 3
2 4

2 Order the words.

1 next to water. / electric machines / Don’t put

2 use powder / Firefighters / electric /

machines burning. / to stop

3 next to / electricity wires. / fly a kite / Don’t

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It isn’t safe to the socket or the

put your fingers machine to you.
ELectricity can an eLectric shock.
move from
in sockets or
ELectricity can eLectric machines.
give you

В ________________________________

4 Answer the questions.

1 W hat eLectric machines do you use?

2 How can you be safe with eLectricity?

3 How does eLectricity heLp you?

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An Electricity Poster
1 Write notes and compLete the diagram.

2 Find or draw pictures about being safe

with electricity. Make a poster.

3 Display your poster.

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1 Think about the machines that use
eLectricity at home. Complete the charts.
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