Dancing Hearts: A Science Experiment

February 06, 2020

This week, our Primer students explored static electricity through a special science experiment.

With multi colored tissue paper hearts spread on the table, we posed a question to the students: "How can we make these hearts move without touching them?"

Although there were many educated guesses, the students were stumped. We then blew up a balloon and rubbed it on our hair for about 30 seconds. The balloon was placed above the tissue paper hearts and carefully moved around so the hearts rose up.

Primer: Dancing Hearts Experiment

We discussed that invisible electrons with a negative charge build up on the surface of the balloon when you rub it through your hair. We shared how the invisible electrons with a negative charge can pull very light objects with a positive charge, such as the tissue paper hearts, towards them.

The students enjoyed each taking a turn making the hearts dance and seeing their classmates' hair stick up - all while learning an important science lesson.

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