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Static Electricity Experiment

Stuck on You

Materials you will need: • A Balloon • Strong Lungs • A Woollen or Nylon Sweater (Jumper) A sticky experiment!

Steps:

1.  Blow up the balloon and tie the end so that the air does not escape.
2. Take the balloon and rub it vigorously against your jumper/sweater or your head of hairs about ten times.
3.  Now hold the balloon against your jumper/sweater or hairs for a minute.
4.  Let go of the balloon.  What happens?  Does it stick?

When a balloon and a jumper/sweater or hairs are rubbed together; each will gain a different type of electrical charge.  The balloon becomes a negative charge and the jumper/sweater or hairs becomes a positive charge.  Opposite charges attract each other.

Kids Science Experiments & Science Projects Categories:

Absorption	Balancing & Gravity	Bending Light	Bouncing & Reflecting Light
Curious Colors	Electricity (Charging Up)	Floating & Sinking	Heat
Magnetic Attractions	Matter	Mixing & Separating	Pressure
Reaction (Getting a)	Starting & Stopping	Surface Tension	Surprising Senses
Temperature	Science Facts	Materials & Properties	Plants & Flowers