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ELECTRICITY -WHAT A SHOCK!
FROM FRANKENSTEIN TO FRANKLIN 3050-0501
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Today scientists understand a great deal about
electricity, but it hasn't always been that way. Before Ben Franklin and the kite thing,
man feared electricity, believing it to have magical power. When electricity was first
introduced into the home, there were those who feared that they would somehow be harmed
from the energy source that we now all take so much for granted. After all, wasn't
Frankenstein somehow zapped to life using electric current? And don't forget about all
those scary movies, complete with a spooky old house, ghosts, goblins, and? (If you said
lightning and thunder, give yourself two of those useless points.) GO THERE! Click on Ben Franklin to the left to find out more about him. List three things that Mr. Franklin invented or discovered. Write a paragraph on Mr. Franklin's contributions to society. Click on Mr. Frankenstein to the left, and you can download a movie about guess who? If you said Frankenstein, give yourself 0 points. (Fooled you.) You can find a movie about Ben Franklin at this site. Watch the downloaded movie and write a review of it. |
| Today we know that electricity is very much part of our everyday lives. It is easy to realize that when we plug something into the wall socket, that electricity provides the energy to make it go. But did you know that when you click on the eyes in the cartoon below, electricity is involved in making your eye muscles move to view the resulting action? Even plants use electricity as part of their life process. So, just what is this electricity thing anyway? |
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Created August 10, 1999 by Kathleen Ochsenbein
