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9.1
Investigating Electric Charges
9.2
The Electrical Nature of Matter |
What
Is Static Electricity? A complete and comprehensive
online unit on electrostatics complete with suggested activities.
Basics
of Static Electricity. This Web site desribes the basics
of static electricity, including what causes static electricity.
Static
Balloons. Investigate electrostatics with balloons.
Charged
Humans. Read case studies about people who could generate
sparks at will, find out why you create sparks when you shuffle
your feet on a wool rug, etc. |
9.3
Charging by Friction |
Sticky
Electrostatics. Use adhesive tape to demonstrate many
electrostatics concepts.
Electrostatics
Hall of Fame. Read all about contibutions from Benjamin
Franklin to Robert J. Van de Graaff. |
9.4
Charging Different Substances by Contact |
Electroscope.
Make a very good electroscope with tape, straws and a film
can. |
9.6
Insulators and Conductors |
Insulators
& Conductors. A student project with good descriptions
and a good bibliography. |
9.7
Discharging Electrically Charged Objects |
Static
Control by Bertech. Information about conductors and insulators,
electrostatic discharge, grounding, isolation and neutralization. |
9.8
Induction |
Electrostatic
Machines. Pictures and descriptions of electrostatics
machines built by interested amateurs and also some pictures from
museums.
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9.10
Lightning |
How
Lightning Works. Learn all about the amazing forces that
create thunder and lightning.
Nova:
indoor lightning. The PBS series outlines an activity
to make indoor lightning
Lightning
and Storms. Images of lightning strikes and thunderstorms
with lightning.
Lightning:
The Shocking Story. National Geographic site that includes;
The Science of Lightning, Striking photos, Survivors tell their
stories... |
9.11
Interesting Insulators and Conductors |
Invention
of the Photocopier. The driving force behind an invention
can simply be a desire to eliminate tedious tasks by replacing them
with more efficient, automated options. That's how the photocopier
was invented.
How
Cell Phones Work. Cell phones are amazing devices —
click here to find out why.
Inside
a Digital Cell Phone. They take apart a digital cell
phone and find a complete computer system. |
