Electricity: Powering Our World · Physical Science

Static Electricity and Charges

Investigating how objects become charged and the behavior of electrical forces.

Key Questions

  1. 1Why do some materials attract each other while others repel?
  2. 2How can we predict the movement of electrons between different surfaces?
  3. 3What causes natural phenomena like lightning to occur?

Ontario Curriculum Expectations

ON: Electrical Phenomena, Theory, and Application - Grade 6
Grade: Grade 6
Subject: Science
Unit: Electricity: Powering Our World
Period: Physical Science

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