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Activity
Colorado State University

Little Shop of Physics: The Amazing Physics of Everyday Objects

For Students 3rd - 8th
Try out these experiments you can do with items you might already have around the house: "Two Ball Bounce," "Cartesian Diver," "Straw Flute," "Bernoulli Ball," and others. Two experiments, "Imploding Pop Can" and "Balloon in a Bottle,"...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Applying Conservation of Charge

For Students 9th - 10th
A site containing problems using the conservation of charge to practice predicting the results of charge transfer and particle decay processes.
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Third Grade Science

For Students 3rd
This customizable digital textbook covers topics related to third-grade science. It is Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) aligned.
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Interactive
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Put the Charge in the Goal

For Students 9th - 10th
Students face a game-like challenge to use electrostatic forces to move a charged puck into a goal. By placing charges on the rink, a charged puck can be attracted and repelled around obstacles and into a goal.
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

The Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench: Electrostatic Interactions

For Students 9th - 10th
Adjust the amount of positive or negative electrostatic charge on a balloon to see how it interacts with the charges in a wall.
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

The Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench: Charging Your Hair

For Students 9th - 10th
Adjust the voltage on a Van der Graaff generator to see how the charges will affect a person's hair.
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Lesson Plan
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Electrostatic Models

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A teacher lesson plan which includes several hands-on activities pertaining to static charge, charge interactions, and the induction process. Young scholars use readily available materials to investigate these concepts. Designed for...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Library of Congress: Everyday Mysteries: Holtz Electrostatic Influence Machine

For Students 9th - 10th
A picture of a Holtz electrostatic influence machine.
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Unit Plan
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Lightning

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive tutorial students will explore what is the cause and mechanism associated with lightning strikes, They will investiage how lightning rods serve to protect buildings from the devastating effects of a lightning strikes....
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Lesson Plan
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Introduction to Magnets (Classroom Unit)

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
A teacher unit which includes several hands-on activities about types of magnets, magnetism, and electrostatics. An activity designed to suit all grade levels. Many parts of the activity would be easily adaptable as a student project.
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Activity
University of California

University of California Berkeley: Charging an Electroscope by Induction

For Teachers 9th - 10th
From the U.C. Berkeley Physics Lecture Demonstrations website. A thorough description of an activity in which a charged metal plate is used to charge an electroscope by induction. Complete directions and a diagram of the equipment and...

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