Electrical Conductors
Science: Year 3 & 4 National Curriculum, topic 10.2.1
Electrical Conductors
Electricity can flow easily through some materials and less well through others.
Electrical conductors
- Electrical conductors are materials that allow electricity to flow more easily through them.
Metals
- Metals are very good electrical conductors. For example:
- Copper.
- Aluminium.
- Iron.
- Steel.
- Gold.
Electrical conductors at home
- There are wires that carry electricity around your home.
- The wires in your home have copper metal running through them.
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