YOU PROBABLY DIDN'T KNOW
William Gilbert
discovered electricity
around the year 1600.
Electricity can be created
from water, wind, the sun,
and even animal poop.
Your heart uses
electricity! Cells in your
heart create electricity
that allows your heart
muscles to contract,
giving you a heartbeat.
The first power plant was opened
in New York City in 1882 and was
owned by Thomas Edison.
Coal is the world’s largest
source of energy for
producing electricity.
Benjamin Franklin was an early
researcher in electricity and created the lightning rod, which helps
protects homes from getting hit by lightning bolts.
Benjamin Franklin was also the first person to prove that lightning is a form of electricity.
Electricity travels at the speed of light, which is 186,000 miles a second.
There are now electric cars. These cars are charged overnight using electricity and do not require any gasoline.
YOU PROBABLY
DIDN'T KNOW
Benjamin Franklin
One of America’s Founding Fathers
who proved that lightning is a form of electricity.
James Prescott Joule
Helped create “Joule’s Law,” which deals with the transfer of energy. The measure of energy is named after him.
Philo Taylor Farnsworth
Known as “the father of television,” he made big contributions to the first television.
William Gilbert
An English scientist known as “the father of electricity.”