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Learning path 001 · Physics

How does
electricity work?

Electricity is not simply “electrons moving through a wire.” This path builds the fuller picture—one reusable idea at a time.

6
connected lessons
~55
minutes when complete

The route

Build the model
in the right order.

0 of 3 available lessons visited

  1. 01
    What electricity is

    Charge & electric fields

    Meet the fundamental property behind electrical attraction, repulsion, and energy.

    10 minBegin
  2. 02
    How circuits behave

    Voltage, current & resistance

    Learn the quantities engineers use to predict a circuit.

    12 minBegin
  3. 03
    How electricity does work

    Energy & electrical power

    Follow energy from its source, through the field, and into a useful device.

    9 minBegin
  4. 04
    Controlling the flow

    Components & useful circuits

    Resistors, capacitors, diodes, and transistors turn electrical behavior into tools.

    Coming next
  5. 05
    Electricity creates motion

    Magnetism, motors & generators

    See why electric and magnetic fields are two sides of one phenomenon.

    Planned
  6. 06
    Electricity at scale

    From generator to outlet

    Trace alternating current through transformers, transmission lines, and your home.

    Planned

A modular library

Paths connect lessons.
They don’t contain them.

Every lesson stands on its own and can appear in another path later. A future path about electronics, for example, could reuse circuit basics before branching into logic and computation.