Unit 3: Electricity (revised 2011)

These two “point-counterpoint” videos provide arguments for and against using nuclear energy to generate electricity.

Could we use radio waves to charge electrical technologies in the future?

Can your body be a source of electricity generation? Maybe, if you understand heat transfer. Explore this concept through a 2013 invention by a Canadian teen.

In a few decades, some of the electricity you use might be generated by bacteria.

Have you ever experienced static electricity? Like when you pull a wool sweater over your head in the winter? See what else static electricity can do in this hands-on activity.

Sometimes, power plants make too much electricity. Energy storage technologies can help! They store the extra electricity and release it when demand goes up.

Wind power is a growing source of electricity generation. But wind projects often affect local wildlife populations, and researchers are using environmental monitoring techniques to alleviate some of these impacts.