This item is a lesson plan for the teacher of beginning high school physics and/or physical science. It provides directions for designing a simple electroscope demonstration and updates the classic "kissing balloon" activity with creative additions. 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.
<a href="https://www.compadre.org/introphys/items/detail.cfm?ID=4637">University of Virginia. University of Virginia Physical Science SOL Activities: Balloon Electroscope. University of Virginia, January 31, 2003.</a>
University of Virginia Physical Science SOL Activities: Balloon Electroscope (University of Virginia, 2003), <http://web.archive.org/web/20120302191526/http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/Education/outreach/8thgradesol/BalloonElectroscopeFrm.htm>.
University of Virginia Physical Science SOL Activities: Balloon Electroscope. (2003, January 31). Retrieved March 20, 2025, from University of Virginia: http://web.archive.org/web/20120302191526/http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/Education/outreach/8thgradesol/BalloonElectroscopeFrm.htm
University of Virginia. University of Virginia Physical Science SOL Activities: Balloon Electroscope. University of Virginia, January 31, 2003. http://web.archive.org/web/20120302191526/http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/Education/outreach/8thgradesol/BalloonElectroscopeFrm.htm (accessed 20 March 2025).
University of Virginia Physical Science SOL Activities: Balloon Electroscope. University of Virginia, 2003. 31 Jan. 2003. 20 Mar. 2025 <http://web.archive.org/web/20120302191526/http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/Education/outreach/8thgradesol/BalloonElectroscopeFrm.htm>.
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Title = {University of Virginia Physical Science SOL Activities: Balloon Electroscope},
Publisher = {University of Virginia},
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Month = {January 31, 2003},
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