What are charged particles?

Charged particles are like tiny electrons or protons that have a kind of "electric energy" inside them.

Imagine you're playing with magnets, if you’ve ever felt them push or pull each other, that’s similar to what charged particles do. But instead of whole magnets, we’re talking about super tiny bits inside things like your phone, your body, and even the air around you.

Charged particles have something called electric charge, it's like they carry a little battery inside them. Some are positive, like protons, and others are negative, like electrons. When these tiny charged bits move, they create things we can feel or see, like lightning or the spark when you touch a doorknob after walking on carpet.

Think of your phone charging, that’s charged particles moving from the charger to your phone! Or imagine a balloon rubbed on your head and then sticking to the wall, that's static electricity, made by charged particles too. They're all around us, working hard without us even noticing.