In yesterday's class we played with the concept of charging objects using friction and seeing how they affected/behaved around an electroscope. To prepare ourselves to charge objects in real life, we started off by watching a short demo by Bill Nye, and then playing with a virtual lab to see what happens when two objects are charged using friction (rubbing two things together).
Click on the link below to experiment with the virtual lab for yourself, using friction from the sweater to charge the balloon(s) in various ways.
https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/balloons-and-static-electricity/latest/balloons-and-static-electricity_en.html_
Bill Nye's demo:
Click on the link below to experiment with the virtual lab for yourself, using friction from the sweater to charge the balloon(s) in various ways.
https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/balloons-and-static-electricity/latest/balloons-and-static-electricity_en.html_
Bill Nye's demo: