The following resources were consulted in the making of this study unit:

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Images:

Atom Emma Harrage CC BY
Repulsion and attraction  Emma Harrage CC BY
Cat with styrofoam Sean McGrath CC BY 2.0
Child on a slide Ken Bosma https://www.flickr.com/photos/10271343@N00/2843109634/ CC BY 2.0
Electrical wires  Nuria Fernández Menéndez  http://lafuencislainenglish.blogspot.com/p/science.html CC BY NC SA
Electron cloud cnxuniphysics https://pressbooks.online.ucf.edu/osuniversityphysics2/chapter/electric-charge/ CCA 4.0
Electrons moving through a cable Emma Harrage CC BY
Capacitors Elcap  CCO
air capacitor Robbie Sproule https://phys.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/University_Physics/Book%3A_University_Physics_(OpenStax)/Book%3A_University_Physics_II_-_Thermodynamics_Electricity_and_Magnetism_(OpenStax)/08%3A_Capacitance/8.02%3A_Capacitors_and_Capacitance CC BY SA 4.0
capcitor diagram Emma Harrage CC BY
Camera flash Petr Kratochvil  https://www.publicdomainpictures.net/en/view-image.php?image=6010&picture=digital-camera-and-flash Public domain
Lightening gif Metfis2 Public domain
Lightning on buildings Emma Harrage CC BY
Lightning conductor Emma Harrage CC BY

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