What is electricity?

Electricity is like a group of tiny workers moving through wires to do jobs for us.

Electricity starts with energy, which we can think of as something like food, it gives our tiny workers the power they need to move. In most cases, this energy comes from electric current, which is like a line of these tiny workers all marching together through wires.

When you plug in a toy, turn on a light, or charge your phone, you're letting these tiny workers come through and do their job, making the toy spin, the light shine, or your phone ready to play games.

Sometimes the energy comes from batteries, which are like little food packs that give the workers their power. Other times, it comes from power plants, where big machines use things like water, wind, or sunlight to create the energy needed for all those tiny workers to march on.

So next time you press a button and something happens, poof!, you're just giving those tiny workers a new task.