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Static Electricity Projects
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The Electroscope
Build an Electroscope and explain how it works.
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Build an electrophorus, explain how it works and charge with it a homemade electroscope.
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Build an electroscope and demonstrate the existence of two kinds of charges (positive and negative).
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Build an electroscope and classify materials according to electrical conductivity (insulators and conductors).
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Build an electroscope and compare electron affinities of different materials (triboelectric series).
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Test what distance different electroscopes can sense an electrical charge and what factors affect it.
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Build an electronic electroscope (charge detector) and compare its sensibility to a conventional one.
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Will the more charge gained through more comb strokes, the further away it will be detected and will a longer antenna increase the detector's sensitivity?
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Different Electrostatic Machines
Optimization of the Water Flow Rate in a Clean Energy Electrostatic Power Generator
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The Effect of the Shape of an Electrostatic Comb on the Charge Production of a Van de Graaff Generator
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Build a Simple Electrostatic Motor
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A Revolution in Electrostatic Motors
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Build a Wimshurst Influence Machine and improve on the design of the machine through experimentation.
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Explore the mechanism of electrostatic induction by repeating Faraday’s "Ice Pail" experiment and explain its applications (Faraday Cage).
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Build and demonstrate a Van de Graaf generator.
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Build a Kelvin Water Dropper.
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Build a Dirod Electrostatic Generators
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Static Electricity Miscellany
Separating mixtures with static electricity
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What Materials Conduct Static Electricity Best?
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How Do Different Materials React to Static Electricity?
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Determine what effects have different weather conditions on the magnitude of a static charge produced by rubbing a comb with various types of cloth.
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Test if the number of rubs of wool on a balloon increases or decreases how long the static charge will last.
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Can static electricity make a neon light glow?
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Determine what was the best method to remove static electricity from different common materials in various environments.
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Will a spark arc from an electrical source to the north pole of a magnet.
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Build and experiment a cloud charge monitor.
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Static Electricity in Different Materials
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Investigate and demonstrate lightning
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Research static electricity danger at a gas station.
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Can a mixture of salt, sugar and pepper be separated using static electricity?
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Demonstrate static electricity with rice krispies jumping from a table top (K-3)
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Useful Links
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R=Resource
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Science Fair Projects Resources
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Electricity Basics
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Battery & Cell Background
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Citation Guides, Style Manuals, Reference
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Electrical Safety
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Electricity Science Fair Projects Books
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