Flickr/Tsvetan Bondzhov, CC BYCurious Kids is a series for children. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au You might also like the podcast Imagine This, a co-production between ABC KIDS listen and The Conversation, based on Curious Kids.
How does electricity work? - Edie, age 5.
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Mella Jaarsma, The landscaper 2013, costume: wood, paint, iron and leather, single-channel video: 3:40 minutes, colour, sound.National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. Purchased 2018. Photo by Mie CornoedusReview: Contemporary Worlds: Indonesia, National Gallery of Australia
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