Wednesday 21 August 2013

Static Electricity

How Lightning FormsWe have been reading a book about storms and lightening. Lightening is like electricity. When warm air rises and mixes with the water vapour in the air it makes clouds. When it is really cold it turns into ice. The ice is bumping around building up like static electricity to cause lightening.

We looked at how we could make our own static electricity by making positive and negative charges like the air using a balloon. We blew up balloons and rubbed them against our jumpers and the carpet. We then put the balloons by our heads and watched our hair stand up and touch the balloon. We even did it to Miss Zeier's hair!

By the Monkeys Reading Group - Vivili, Tiare, Shikanah, Elyjah, Sam & Deztynee


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