Electricity & Power Games — Predict, Watch, Understand
These free electricity games let a child predict how we make and move power, watch it happen, and see why. Where electricity comes from is hidden from view — a spinning turbine, sunlight becoming current, power racing along wires to your home — so guessing first, then watching, is how it makes sense. No ads, no sign-up.
Predict the source — most plants spin a turbine and generator; the fuel is what differs.
Predict the output — panels turn sunlight straight into electricity; bright sun makes more.
Predict the spin — wind turns the blades to make electricity; stronger wind, more power.
Predict the flow — falling water spins a turbine; more water or a higher drop makes more.
Predict the charge — a battery stores chemical energy and releases it as electricity.
Predict the path — power travels from the plant along wires and transformers to your home.
What kids learn
Electricity has to be made and delivered. Most power plants spin a turbine to generate it, while solar, wind and hydropower each tap a clean, renewable source. Batteries store energy for when it’s needed, and the electricity grid carries power from the plant along wires and transformers all the way to your home. Each game isolates one of these ideas.
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Common questions
How do power plants make electricity?
Most power plants spin a turbine connected to a generator, and the spinning generator makes electricity. What differs is the energy source used to do the spinning: coal and gas plants burn fuel to make steam, nuclear plants split atoms to heat water into steam, and hydro plants use falling water. Wind and some others spin the turbine directly.
How is solar power different from other sources?
Solar panels turn sunlight directly into electricity with no spinning turbine and no burning — so they make no pollution while running. They produce the most power in bright, direct sun and little or none at night or under heavy cloud, which is why solar is often paired with batteries to store energy for later.
Which energy sources are clean and renewable?
Solar, wind and hydropower are both renewable (they naturally refill) and clean (no burning, little pollution). Coal, oil and natural gas are non-renewable fossil fuels that pollute when burned. Nuclear does not burn fuel and makes little air pollution, but it is not renewable and creates radioactive waste.
What age are these electricity games for?
Roughly ages 7–13 (grades 2–7), and each game shows its grade band. Wind power suits grades 2–5; solar power, hydropower and batteries reach grades 3–6; power plants and the electricity grid reach grades 4–7. The predict-and-watch format needs no reading-heavy setup.