Static electricity will be the subject of today's experimentation. "Energy" science unit from The Good and the Beautiful contains this experiment, which is from Lesson 9 of the "Energy" scientific unit.
We will need the following supplies for this experiment: paper plates, salt and pepper, confetti, tissue paper, a washcloth, and a plastic spoon. Begin by sprinkling some salt and pepper on a plate and arranging our other components on top of it.
Using our plastic spoon, we'll rub it back and forth across the washcloth in order to generate static electricity. You tell me what you believe will happen when we put the spoon over the salt and pepper to taste.
Let's give it a shot and see what happens! Is it possible to observe the pepper moving about the plate and jumping to the spoon because of the static we made for you? Because the pepper is less in weight than the salt, it moves more easily.
Salt and pepper are both positively charged, however after rubbing the spoon against each other, the spoon turns negatively charged. Please try rubbing our spoon again, but this time with greater force, faster, and for a longer period of time.
Let's check if it has any effect on the way the salt and pepper move. Do you notice a difference between the two? Let's have a look at how static electricity interacts with some of our other materials.
By rubbing the spoon across the washcloth, I'll be able to recharge it. To put it into practice, let's use confetti and tissue paper.
Which of our materials was the most adversely affected by static electricity, and why? You can do this experiment at home with other materials to see what occurs.
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