Many scientists have over the years contributed to our understanding of electricity.
Visit thefusebox.northernpowergrid.com/
page/electricity/history.cfm and go through the decades to find out what was invented and by whom.
For your homework, you are going to write a fact file about Thomas Edison who is credited with a very famous invention.
Use the fact file sheet to present your work.
Here are some useful websites:
Thomas Edison:
– http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/edison/aa_edison_subj.html
– http://www.thomasedison.com/biography.html
– http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/edison/lightbulb.shtml
– http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bledison.htm
General sites:
– http://www.enwin.com/kids/electricity/history.cfm
– http://www.enwin.com/kids/electricity/energy_pioneers.cfm
– http://kids.saveonenergy.ca/en/what-is-electricity/the-history-of-electricity.html