Directions:
Read the handout on static electricity. Answer the questions below:

PREDICTIONS:
In this activity, you will rub a balloon and a piece of wool cloth together.

What do you think will happen when you hold the cloth next to the balloon you have been rubbing?

What will the balloon do?

What will the cloth do?

Once you have answered the questions above, try the experiment and see what happens. Record your results here:

Were your predictions right?

NOW MAKE PREDICTIONS FOR THE NEXT PART OF THE ASSIGNMENT:

What do you think will happen when you hold two charged balloons next to each other?

What will they do?

TRY IT: Take two balloons and tie a string to the end of each one. Rub each balloon with the wool cloth and hold the balloons apart by the string. Hold one string in each hand. Slowly bring the two balloons closer together. What happens?

*** When you have finished both experiments, turn the paper over, and write a scientific explanation for each of these phenomena. You may use any resource in the room to back up your explanation.

*** HINT: It has something to do with positive and negative charges!!!