Scientific American Investigates Electricity

If you subtract electricity from our world, you can forget smartphones, tablets, video games, TVs, and much more. How much more? A lot! Electrical energy runs through all matter, not just machines! Readers of this eye-opening series, a collaboration with Scientific American, will love learning about the basics of electricity and how these concepts connect to their lives. Topics include conductors, insulators, generators, batteries, circuits, and future uses of electricity. Graphic organizers reinforce key concepts and support the accessible text.

• The fundamentals of electricity are an important part of the elementary science curriculum
• Colorful photographs were chosen carefully to complement the text
• Fact boxes throughout each volume offer further explanations and deeper insight into ideas