Use this fun, interactive activity to talk about how conductive materials allow electricity to flow freely, while insulating materials make it slow down or stop. This experiment was developed by ...

The simplest complete circuit is a piece of wire from one end of a battery to the other. An electric current can flow in the wire from one end of the battery to the other, but nothing useful happens.

Electric ride-on cars offer kids all the thrills of driving long before they can get a license (or reach the pedals of their parents’ SUV.) At the right age, these mini-sized vehicles tap into your ...

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