Website Detail Page

published by the Exploratorium
This activity from the Exploratorium provides instructions to build an electroscope, a device that detects electrical charge.  Common, inexpensive materials including film canisters are used to show the attractions and repulsions between positively and negatively charged objects.  The site also provides an explanation of the results and suggestions for extension activities.
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Electricity & Magnetism
- Electrostatics
- Middle School
- High School
- Informal Education
- Instructional Material
= Activity
Intended Users Formats Ratings
- Learners
- Educators
- text/html
  • Currently 0.0/5

Want to rate this material?
Login here!

Additional Information
Physics To Go This resource was a Physics To Go feature from September 1, 2009 until September 16, 2009. View the feature here!


Access Rights: Free access
Restriction: Has a copyright or other licensing restriction.
Keywords: attract, charge, electron, negative, positive, repel
Record Creator: Metadata instance created November 8, 2006 by Ann Deml
Record Updated: May 06, 2008 by Lyle Barbato
ComPADRE is beta testing Citation Styles!

Record Link
AIP Format
(Exploratorium, San Francisco), WWW Document, (https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/electroscope/).
AJP/PRST-PER
Electroscope (Exploratorium, San Francisco), <https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/electroscope/>.
APA Format
Electroscope. (n.d.). Retrieved October 9, 2024, from Exploratorium: https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/electroscope/
Chicago Format
Exploratorium. Electroscope. San Francisco: Exploratorium. https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/electroscope/ (accessed 9 October 2024).
MLA Format
Electroscope. San Francisco: Exploratorium. 9 Oct. 2024 <https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/electroscope/>.
BibTeX Export Format
@misc{ Title = {Electroscope}, Publisher = {Exploratorium}, Volume = {2024}, Number = {9 October 2024}, Year = {} }
Refer Export Format

%T Electroscope %I Exploratorium %C San Francisco %U https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/electroscope/ %O text/html

EndNote Export Format

%0 Electronic Source %T Electroscope %I Exploratorium %V 2024 %N 9 October 2024 %9 text/html %U https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/electroscope/


Disclaimer: ComPADRE offers citation styles as a guide only. We cannot offer interpretations about citations as this is an automated procedure. Please refer to the style manuals in the Citation Source Information area for clarifications.

Citation Source Information

The AIP Style presented is based on information from the AIP Style Manual.

The APA Style presented is based on information from APA Style.org: Electronic References.

The Chicago Style presented is based on information from Examples of Chicago-Style Documentation.

The MLA Style presented is based on information from the MLA FAQ.

Have experience with this material? Login to leave a comment sharing your experience.

Know of a related resource? Login to relate this resource to other material across the web.

Know of a better resource? Suggest it!

See a problem with this material's physics or description? Contact us!