Electricity

DK Eyewitness Books

by Steve Parker

Discusses the properties of electricity and describes how it is made and used.

Genres: Science, Nonfiction, Childrens

64 pages, Library Binding

First published June 26, 2013

About the author

Steve Parker is a British science writer known for producing hundreds of children's and adult nonfiction books covering zoology, medicine, evolution, and natural history. Educated at the University of Wales, Bangor, where he earned first class honours in zoology, he later worked at the Natural History Museum and held editorial positions at Dorling Kindersley before becoming a freelance author during the late 1980s. Parker contributed early titles to the acclaimed Eyewitness series and later wrote award-winning books including Science Crazy, Fizzing Physics, The Human Body Book, and Kill or Cure. He has also edited major collaborative works on evolution and medicine, regularly visits schools and libraries, and serves as a Senior Scientific Fellow of the Zoological Society of London.

Reviews

[Little Timmy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love these eyewitness books. I know they are written for a younger audience but its just so cool to be able to see some of the history things I read about so much more clearly. Amazing pictures and I always learn something new. Highly recommended

[Elaine · Rating 4 out of 5]

From alarm clocks and telephones to television and traffic lights, electricity powers much of our daily lives. But that wasn’t always the case. This book takes a detailed look back to even before Benjamin Franklin flew his kite during a lightning storm, examining inventions and advances that brought us electricity as we know it, all the way up through the computer chips and energy sources we use today. With amazing facts, questions and answers, and detailed descriptions of complex ideas, use this book to “spark” knowledge among students grades 5 and up.

[Amber · Rating 3 out of 5]

(MS Science Series)
Electricity, part of the Eyewitness Science series by Steve Parker, is a nonfiction science book about the world of electricity. It is divided up into 30 subheadings, all of different subtopics about electricity. Some of these subtopics include electricity from chemicals, electromagnets, and communicating without wires. The book starts off with the earliest information on electricity, much before the infamous Benjamin Franklin key lightening strike. It progresses in a timeline like order, presenting more electric discoveries and inventions along the way. Notable discoveries covered in this book include Georg Ohm and his discovery of Ohm's Law of resistance in 1826, the invention of electrical appliances for the home such as the electric heater in 1930, and ends with Baird's original version of the first television in 1926. All of the pages in this book are a bright white background, with real photographs and diagrams seemingly popping out on each page. The photographs are of varying sizes and shapes with black print flowing around them. The version I read was published in 1992, and I found it to obviously be a bit out dated, as it ended with the discussion of the television and the silicon microchip. Of course much has happened in the world of electricity since then. However, I still think this book is very valuable, and actually even more valuable in today's times, because it gives readers a real in depth look at how electricity has evolved and everything electricity is involved in. In an age when children have never known what it is like to not be surrounded by technology and electricity 24/7, this book will lend a great educational opportunity. Recommended for ages 12+. Obvious curriculum tie ins would be a science unit on electricity, but can also be used for biography pieces about the varying inventors and discoverers discussed, as well as a focus on some of the specific electrical inventions themselves.

[Mylisha Lanegan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Genre: Nonfiction
Grade level: 4

This book is composed of 30 different sections dedicated to electricity and everything that involves it or comes from it. What a great resource for students! While this is a very detailed book, the pictures are large and interesting enough that even students who are not up to this grade level reading may look at it and still be engaged. This book goes into the history, facts, and the science of electricity. I would use this book more as a resource for students to learn about electricity than to learn to read.

[Kayla · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really love this book! Not a big science person though but I do love learning about electricity! I find it very fascinating! I loved it ever since 9th grade!

[Pete Reinagel · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a good refresher on how electricity was discovered, defined and developed into the myriad uses we have today. The contributions of all notable people are briefly explained.

[Mamoon Staya · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is visually stunning, the photography and illustration makes it so easy to connect the past to the present and beyond. Awesome book for all ages

[Theresa · Rating 3 out of 5]

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good resource for children about electricity its findings, research and informational pictorials

[Mas5thgrade2012 · Rating 4 out of 5]

very interesting

[Theresa · Rating 3 out of 5]

a good resource for children, lots of pictures and explainations about history, facts, and descriptions of the science of electircity

[Pradeep]

yes

[Sami Ismail · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent introduction to electricity.

[WSL Library]

X5

[Gary · Rating 2 out of 5]

Shockingly incohesive.

[Anand Rao]

I learned a lot about elecricity thanks to this author.

[Christen Griego · Rating 2 out of 5]

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