

One minute to finally understand why your phone dies at 47%.
A clip in the Science Please! collection, Battery uses archival footage, animated illustrations and amusing narration to explain: Why do we get a charge out of batteries?
Sound
Rick Jones' narration is peak cozy Canadian public broadcasting.
Director
Sylvain Charbonneau
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Science Please! was a National Film Board of Canada series designed to make science accessible through quirky animation—peak early-2000s educational content before YouTube explainer channels existed.
Rick Jones, the narrator, was also the voice of Braveheart's horse in the 90s animated series—truly Canada's most versatile voice actor.