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Build a Franklin bells device for detecting high voltage lightning storms
By BookStore on September 25, 20150In 1752 Benjamin Franklin made a device he called Franklin's bells for detecting approaching lightning storms. He did this...
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Remove static charges in clothing by grounding them
By BookStore on September 25, 2015The function of an 'earth wire' is to provide a low resistance path so that a high voltage current...
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Make your own homemade electroscope
By BookStore on September 25, 2015An 'electroscope' is a scientific instrument that is used to detect the presence and magnitude of electric charge or...
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Demonstrate the unseen static electricity emanating from a TV set
By BookStore on September 25, 2015This science project will detect and demonstrate the presence of the unseen static electricity field that emanates from a...
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Make an electro-static flower to demonstrate how similar charges repel
By BookStore on September 25, 2015The rule for static electricity is that different (opposite) charges attracts, while the same (equal) charges repel one another....
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More attraction & repulsion with static electricity
By BookStore on September 25, 2015Did you know you can make silver foil balls dance about to the rhythm of a CD track….Well not...
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Make static electricity using a Van de Graaff generator
By BookStore on September 25, 2015A 'Van de Graaff' generator is an electrostatic generator often found in school science classrooms. With this device, a...
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Fill a nylon stocking with nothing but static electricity
By BookStore on September 25, 2015The rule for static electricity is that different (opposite) charges attracts, while the same (equal) charges repel one another....
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More attraction & repulsion with static electricity
By BookStore on September 25, 2015The rule for static electricity is that different (opposite) charges attracts, while the same (equal) charges repel one another....
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Attraction & repulsion with static electricity
By BookStore on September 25, 2015Did you ever think it would be possible to bend water? It might sound very unlikely, but in fact...