Current electricity: Electric current are electrons in motion along a path,

regardless of the number of electrons flowing. The path may be a conductor such
as copper, silver and aluminium. Free electrons can be forced to move from one
region of the conductor to the other.

Electrical circuit : Electrical current needs a PATH on which to travel. Another

name for this path is a circuit.

Series circuits; A series circuit is one that has more than one resistor, but only one
path through which the electricity (electrons) flows. From one end of the cell
(battery), the electrons move along one path with NO branches, through the
resistors, to the other end of the cell. All the components in a series circuit are
connected end-to-end.

A resistor in a circuit is anything that uses some of the power from the cell. In the
example below, the resistors are the bulbs. In a series circuit, the components are
arranged in a line, one after the other.

Static Electricity

A Static Charge is the transfer of an electron from a negatively charged object to a

positively charged object in an electric field. It is a charge (not a current) because
there is no flow of electrons and there is no path for the electrons to flow along.

When non-conductive materials (plastic, rubber and glass) are rubbed against
each other, there is usually a transfer of electrons. This transfer results in an
imbalance of charges between the two materials