Electricity Timeline
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Electrical Circuits Teacher Guide and Student Activities
By Oliver Smith
Electrical energy is a major part of modern day life, but is so often misunderstood. The following activities will help students understand the foundation of electrical circuits and how electricity affects our lives every day.
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Who invented Electricity? When was electricity first used? Create a timeline of electricity
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- THALES OF MILETUS
- ELECTRICITY MILESTONES
- Thales found that if amber was rubbed with animal fur, it could attract light objects such as a feather or seeds. This is due to what we now know as static electricity.
- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
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- Benjamin Franklin discovered that lightning and electricity were the same using a kite, a key, and a leyden jar (an early capacitor).
- LUIGI GALVANI
- ALESSANDRO VOLTA
- Galvani found that he could make frogs legs move when they were connected to different types of metals.
- MICHAEL FARADAY
- Alessandro Volta created the first battery. The voltaic pile produced a current and was made by stacking different metals separated by paper that had been soaked in a salt solution.
- Faraday discovered electromagetic induction by passing a magnet through a coil of wire. The unit for capacitance, the Farad, is named after him.
- FIRST TOWN WITH A PUBLIC ELECTRICITY SUPPLY
- Godalming was the first town in the world to have a public electricity supply. A generator was connected to a waterwheel.
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