Since young I have been wondering, what that that zap that I would be receiving from the person next to me, so from the metal pole bar when I made contact to it. I've heard of the term before, so I decided to do a detailed experiment regarding static electricity and how it works. All this is known as static electricity. And, as the name goes, it is electricity that is charged up in part of our body, and it can get transferred easily through a point of contact. I remember in the past, on television shows, people would show tricks using balloons and one of them would be using it to make hair stand. After doing this ace, I've realized the 'magic' or rather science behind it. The balloon actually picks up electrons from the hair, and thus makes it overall negatively charged. This at the same time makes the hair lose electrons, and makes it overall positively charged. And unlike poles attract. When placed back on top of the hair again, the hair, being positive, would attract the balloon, which is negative, making it seem like it is attracted to the balloon. Rubbing the balloon just speeds up the electrons transfer process. I went on further to experiment which materials would gain static electricity the fastest. And my results are shown in my power point below.
http://www2.hci.edu.sg/y10hci0041/abcd.swf
Through this ACE presentation, I've realized how science is really all around us. We just need to slow down and observe and if interested, do a little research and it would really make life more interesting in a way.
Through this ACE presentation, I've realized how science is really all around us. We just need to slow down and observe and if interested, do a little research and it would really make life more interesting in a way.
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