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This document describes an activity to observe positive and negative charges. Students will inflate balloons and rub them against their hair, then observe that the balloons repel each other, indicating they acquired the same charge. Next, students will rub a glass with silk and observe that it attracts one balloon but repels the other, showing the glass acquired a different charge than the balloons. The goal is for students to learn that objects can carry positive or negative charges and that neutral objects contain both charges.

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Activity 1

This document describes an activity to observe positive and negative charges. Students will inflate balloons and rub them against their hair, then observe that the balloons repel each other, indicating they acquired the same charge. Next, students will rub a glass with silk and observe that it attracts one balloon but repels the other, showing the glass acquired a different charge than the balloons. The goal is for students to learn that objects can carry positive or negative charges and that neutral objects contain both charges.

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Activity 1

Charge it to experience!

Objectives:

After performing this activity, you should be able to:

1. observe that objects may attract or repel each other,

2. infer that objects may carry positive and negative charges, and

3. deduce that neutral objects contain positive and negative charges

Materials Needed:

meterstick or any meter-long stick


balloons
string
chairs or any stand for the stick
glass (from a picture frame)
cloth (flannel or silk cloth)

Procedure:

1. Inflate the two balloons. Tie each using a length of string. Place the meter-long stick across
two chairs. Suspend the two balloons so that they hang freely about two inches apart.

2. With each hand holding one balloon, rub the balloons simultaneously against your hair
several times. Let go of the balloons. Observe.

Q1. What happened with the balloons?

Q2. Did the balloons acquire the same charge or different charges? What made you say so?

3. Rub the piece of glass with a silk cloth. Bring the piece of glass between the two balloons.

Observe.

Q3. What happened with the balloons?

Q4. Does the glass have a different or same charge as the balloon? What made you say so?

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