ELECTRICAL CONDUCTORS & INSULATORS

5th Grade

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTORS

Objects that allow electrical charge to flow easily

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR EXAMPLE:

The coil from a electric heater gets hot and conducts electricity well

GOOD CONDUCTORS

Metal is a good conductor of electricity

PROPERTY OF ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR:In all good conductors

electric current flows

through them without resistance

Example: Electricity flows through the coil in the power line coils without resistance and easily

INSULATORS

Objects that do not conduct electricity well

GOOD INSULATORS:

PICTURES OF CONDUCTORS AND INSULATORS

Conductors Insulators

INSULATOR OR CONDUCTOR??

1. COTTON BALL

2. METAL SCISSORS

3. METAL COOKIE SHEET

4. NOTEBOOK PAPER

5. RUBBER DUCK

6. CURLING IRON

7. GLASS CUP

8. ELECTRIC HEATER (COILS)

9. PLASTIC TRASH CAN

10. METAL WIRE

11. PLASTIC SPATULA

12. COPPER PENNY

13. IRON FRYING PAN

14. DRAWING CHALK

15. EYE ON THE STOVE