I know it’s sometimes made via kinetic energy rotating magnets but that might be to complicated an explanation. Trying to figure out an easy way to explain the generation part to some kids!
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Electricity and magnetism are related forces.
If you take a conductor, and a changing magnetic field, it will produce current in the conductor through a process called electromagnetic induction. Essentially what happens is that the electrons are attracted to the magnetic field, and that causes them to move – and current is just moving electrons. So if you take a bunch of wire and subject it to a changing magnetic field, you get electricity.
The simplest generators are a static loop of wire with a rotating magnet inside of them. All you need to do is provide some sort of energy to make the magnet rotate – like a human turning a crank.
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