Force, Motion, and Energy
Virginia SOL 5.4.FME.3
Investigate the transmission and use of electricity in daily life.
What students need to be able to do
- Recognize that electricity flows easily through conductors but not insulators.
- Explain that electricity flows through closed circuits.
- Generate static electricity by rubbing certain materials together.
- Transform electrical energy into radiant, mechanical, and thermal energy.
- Demonstrate that a current flowing through a wire creates a magnetic field.