A tried and true balloon activity is to rub a balloon on your head to make your hair stand up. Learn how the rubbing builds up static electricity using this experiment to see if the number of rubs makes a difference.

Concepts

friction, static electricity

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Additional Tags

attraction, science fair project, static charge, electricity & electronics, science buddies, science project

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)