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Students explain concepts related to static electricity, based on a single example: lightning. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students are introduced to static electricity as a phenomenon that involves positive and negative charges. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students reinforce the concept that static electricity is a phenomenon that involves positive and negative charges. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students complete static electricity challenges by rotating through stations to solve problems; based on their contributions, students create questions for the class database for others to answer. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students investigate static electricity using inexpensive "grocery store" items. They view demonstrations with video segments. They graph the data they collect. Full Review »
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- 7th - 9th
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Students study static electricity and what causes it. They observe through a video how static charges are produced and how objects with like and unlike charges react to each other. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students are introduced to static electricity as a phenomenon that involves positive and negative charges. They analyze that all matter is composed of atoms. Students further expand on their day-to-day experiences with static electricity. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students examine the concept that static electricity is a phenomenon that involves positive and negative charges. They explore the Static Electricity section of the Science, Technology and Engineering website to learn more about the causes and effects of static electricity. Then, they will perform experiments demonstrating that opposite charges attract and like charges repel. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students study concepts related to static electricity, based on a single example: lightning. They explain how static electricity, lightning, and sparks are all related phenomena. They draw a diagram illustrating the negative and positive charges that occur in a lightning storm. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 3rd
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Students break up into groups to complete a demonstration rubbing a balloon in hair make their hair stand up. Thus, they conclude static electricity. They also experiment with a paper station, ping pong station and a water station dealing with predictions of static electricity. Full Review »

