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Have you ever watched lightning during 

a storm? Have you ever wondered 

about its power? Have you ever wanted 

to know more about it? Well, Ben 

Franklin did.

Ben Franklin had his suspicions that lightning was 

from an electrical current of nature, but he wanted 

to see if he was right. One way to test his idea 

would be to see if the lightning would pass through 

metal. He decided to use a metal key.   The only 

problem was that how in the world was he going to 

get the key up near the lightning?

Ben Franklin ended up using something 

that you guys all love. He used a 

child's toy, a kite, to prove that 

lightning is really a stream of 

electrified air, known today as plasma.

Ben Franklin's famous stormy kite flight in June of 

1752 led him to develop many of the terms that we 

still use today when we talk about electricity such as 

battery, conductor, charge, discharge, uncharged, 

negative, minus, plus, electric shock, and electrician.  

Ben Franklin understood that lightning was very 

powerful, and he also knew that it was dangerous. 

That's why he also figured out a way to protect 

people, buildings, and ships from the lightning.

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