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This is a lesson plan for beginning high school physics and/or physical science. It includes a lecture demonstration with a charged ballon, plus three activities designed to enhance student understanding of electric charge, electron transfer, and polarization. Estimated set-up time is about 15 minutes. Conceptual questions are posed and answered by the authors. Included are printable student data sheets and comprehensive background information on static electricity.
This lesson is part of a larger collection generated by the University of Virginia Department of Physics outreach program.
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![]() <a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=4648">University of Virginia. University of Virginia Physical Science SOL Activities: Introduction to Static Electricity. University of Virginia, January 31, 2003.</a>
![]() (University of Virginia, 2003), WWW Document, (http://web.archive.org/web/20120203151439/http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/Education/outreach/8thgradesol/StaticFrm.htm).
![]() University of Virginia Physical Science SOL Activities: Introduction to Static Electricity (University of Virginia, 2003), <http://web.archive.org/web/20120203151439/http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/Education/outreach/8thgradesol/StaticFrm.htm>.
![]() University of Virginia Physical Science SOL Activities: Introduction to Static Electricity. (2003, January 31). Retrieved June 8, 2025, from University of Virginia: http://web.archive.org/web/20120203151439/http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/Education/outreach/8thgradesol/StaticFrm.htm
![]() University of Virginia. University of Virginia Physical Science SOL Activities: Introduction to Static Electricity. University of Virginia, January 31, 2003. http://web.archive.org/web/20120203151439/http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/Education/outreach/8thgradesol/StaticFrm.htm (accessed 8 June 2025).
![]() University of Virginia Physical Science SOL Activities: Introduction to Static Electricity. University of Virginia, 2003. 31 Jan. 2003. 8 June 2025 <http://web.archive.org/web/20120203151439/http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/Education/outreach/8thgradesol/StaticFrm.htm>.
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Volume = {2025},
Number = {8 June 2025},
Month = {January 31, 2003},
Year = {2003}
}
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