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Science Fair Projects Kids Will Enjoy Part Four – Static Electricity

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Here is the next project in our series of science fair projects kids will enjoy. In this project kids will see why the effect of static electricity takes of in humid conditions. Here we are going to use a plastic spoon to “bend” a very thin stream of water.

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Here are our science fair projects kids will enjoy:

Remember, for all science fair projects you have to make notes of everything you do, why you do it, what you are trying to prove or demonstrate and your conclusion. It is always a good idea to take photos for your exhibition.

The case of the water “bend!”

What you will need for this experiment:

• A plastic spoon
• A wooly sweater
• Access to a reliable tap where you can turn it on to make a really small little stream of water

How to do this project:

1. Rub the spoon against the wooly sweater for a few minutes
2. Open the tap so it makes the smallest stream possible
3. Bring the spoon close to the water stream
4. What happens?
5. Why do you think it happens?
6. Read the explanation about static electricity in the first of this series on static electricity.

At first the electrically laden plastic spoon draws the water. Should the spoon touch the water, the experiment is over as water is a good conductor of electricity and will immediately draw the electricity from the spoon and the spoon will not be charged any more. Therefore it will stop “bending” the water. This is why experiments on static electricity works better on dry days than on days that are very humid.

This is the fourth of our short series of science fair projects kids will enjoy. Look out for our next post as doing all these experiments as one will probably be the best way of doing a thorough science fair project.

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