People use electricity to light their homes. Let us see where it comes from. It is made at power plants.

Here are some ways to make it. Wind can spin a wind turbine. Moving water can spin one too. Both make electricity.

Solar panels can use sunlight to make it. Power lines carry it a long way.

A battery can make it flow through a wire. It only flows on a complete path. That path is called a circuit.

Electricity flows well through metals. Glass, rubber, wood and plastic do not.

Static can make your hair stand on end. Lightning is a kind of electricity too.

Here are some rules to keep. See a power line on the ground? Stay away from it. Tell a grown-up right away. Never fly a kite near power lines.

Never climb a power pole. Never climb a tree that is near power lines. Never put fingers or other things into an outlet.

To unplug, hold the plug. Never pull on the cord. Never use things with a cord or plug around water.

Words to know

• turbine: a spinning machine
• circuit: a complete path
• static: a kind
• outlet: plug hole