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| The science of static electricity | link | YouTube. 4 mins via TED-Ed | |
Animation of electron movement in conductors and insulators |
This illustrates why a charged object can attract a neutral object. |
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How a Van de Graff generator works |
Detailed explanation from a teacher |
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| Fun Fly Stick | Youtube. 3 mins. | 4 Star | |
| My attempt at explaining this | MyYouTube. 5 mins | ||
| Just having fun | MyYouTube. 30 secs.. Series of images uploaded to animoto | ||
| Some fun activities | MyYouTube. 4 mins. Over 100,000 views - go figure | ||
How can a balloon stick to a wall? |
Rub the balloon off the jumper to find out |
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Spray-painting a car using static electricity |
Simple but interesting animation from absorblearning.com. Can you explain it? | 4 Star | |
Hospital bans Crocs shocker! |
A Swedish hospital wants to ban its staff from wearing Crocs plastic clogs, saying they generate static electricity that can knock out medical equipment. Newspaper report |
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Why
do you sometimes get a shock when you touch something metal? |
Rub John Travoltages' foot off the carpet to find
out |
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Short demonstration of static electricity involving rice-krispies |
Short (1 min) YouTube video. Try it yourself |
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Static electricity generated from a high-flying kite |
Short (1 min) YouTube video |
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| Static electricity dangers associated with refuelling a plane | Youtube. 1 min | 3 Star
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Helicopter doing bucket drops on the Las Conchas Fire in New Mexico. Can you spot the static electricity discharge? |
Youtube. 1 min | 4 Star |
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| Static electricity dangers associated with a helicopter | Youtube. 1 min | 4 Star |
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| Ben Franklin discovers the link between static electricity and lightning. | link | It was a seminal moment in the history of Science. Youtube | 4 Star |
"Linemen" are so called because they fix (usually high voltage) powerlines, so they 'wear' faraday cages. From Youtube. 3 minutes. |
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Tesla Coil and Faraday cage |
Youtube. 1 minute |
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Faraday cage |
Shorter but more impressive. From Youtube. 30 seconds |
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| To the theme song of "Dr Who" | Youtube. 2 minutes |
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Some fun activities from Hyperphysics |
Lots of fun with hair, cereal, light-bulbs etc |
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Lady causes an explosion at a petrol station |
Youtube. 1 minute |
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Using various online resources |
Myyoutube. 4 minutes | ||
| Why Static Electricity demonstrations can often fail to work | MyYouTube. 4 minutes | ||
| Some tips on getting the van de Graff to work best | One of my old blog posts | ||
| More silly stuff with static electricity demonstrations | MyYouTube. 4 minutes |