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Science Fair Projects Kids Will Enjoy Part Three – Static Electricity

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Here is the next project in our series of science fair projects kids will enjoy. This is one of our really fun science fair projects kids will love to do. We are going to make a dancing paper snake!

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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 dancing snake

What you need for this experiment:

• A piece of tissue paper about 4 inches by 4 inches
• A pair of scissors
• A pen
• A wooly sweater
• A lid of a tin, big enough for your snake to fit on

How to do this experiment:

1. Cut a spiral formed “snake” our of the tissue paper
2. Place it on your lid
3. Bend the head of your “snake” so it is upward
4. Rub your pen on the wooly sweater for a few minutes
5. Hold it an inch or so above the snake
6. What happens?
7. Why do you think it happens?
8. Try and explain it after reading the explanation in the first experiment in this series on this blog
9. Why do you think we placed it on the tine lid?
10. Does it play any role in the “snake dance?”

The clue here is that when you hold the electrically charged pen close to the snake which is uncharged it is drawn to the pen and lifts up toward the pen. The moment the electrons pass to the snake, the tin lid absorbs it and the snake is once again uncharged. That is why it keeps on lifting again and again.

This is the third 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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