University of Virginia Physical Science SOL Activities: Introduction to Static Electricity

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This lesson plan features a creative update of the "Kissing Balloon", plus three additional 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, background information on static electricity, and modifications for students with disabilities.

This lesson is part of a larger collection generated by the University of Virginia Department of Physics outreach program. See Related Materials for a link to the full collection.

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Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Electricity & Magnetism - Electrostatics = Charge	- High School - Middle School	- Instructional Material = Activity = Lesson/Lesson Plan

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Keywords:: electric charge, electricity, electroscope, electrostatic force, electrostatics, electrostatics labs, experiment, middle school experiment, middle school lab, polarization, static electricity
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created November 13, 2006 by Caroline Hall
Record Updated:: August 13, 2020 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: January 31, 2003
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This resource is part of a Physics Front Topical Unit.

Topic: "Static" Electricity
Unit Title: Teaching About Electrostatics

This lesson plan for beginners includes a creative update of the "Kissing Balloon", plus three activities designed to enhance student understanding of electric charge, electron transfer, and polarization. Try teaming it with Chasing Cheerios below.

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