Static Electricity: A Force to be Reckoned With



Title Static Electricity: A Force to be Reckoned With
Description This activity introduces students to static electricity in a formal sense. Students will interpret the effects of static electricity using vocabulary and gaining knowledge of insulators and conductors. This is a starting point for future science lessons involving thermal principles, other forms of electricity
Subject Physics
Level K-5
Type Homework, Lab
Duration 60 minutes
Answers Included Yes
Language English
Keywords Electricity, Static, attract, conductor, insulator, repel
Simulation(s) Balloons and Static Electricity

Author(s) Lauren Dykstra
Contact Email lauren.dykstra@yahoo.com
School / Organization CUNY Hunter College
Date submitted 3/12/14
Date updated 5/19/15