Balloons and Static Electricity for Middle School

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• BalloonsAndCharges_MS_student_directions.docx - 76 kB
• BalloonsAndCharges_MS_teacher_notes.pdf - 192 kB
• BalloonsAndCharges_MS_posttest.docx - 100 kB
• BalloonsAndCharges_MS_student_directions.pdf - 232 kB
• BalloonsAndCharges_MS_posttest.pdf - 300 kB
• BalloonsAndCharges_MS_all_pages.docx - 167 kB
• BalloonsAndCharges_MS_all_pages.pdf - 365 kB
• BalloonsAndCharges_MS_teacher_notes.docx - 24 kB
• BalloonsAndCharges_MS_pretest.docx - 65 kB
• BalloonsAndCharges_MS_pretest.pdf - 196 kB

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Title	Balloons and Static Electricity for Middle School
Description	This was written by the PhET team as a guided-inquiry activity. Learning Objectives: •Students will be able to determine the variables that affect how positive and negative objects interact. •Students will be able to predict how positive and negative objects will interact.
Subject	Chemistry, Earth Science, Physics
Level	Middle School
Type	Demonstration, Lab
Answers Included	No
Language	English
Keywords	charge, electricity, force, inquiry, phet, static
Simulation(s)	Balloons and Static Electricity (HTML5), Balloons and Static Electricity

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Author(s)	PhET Middle School Team
Contact Email	patricia.loeblein@colorado.edu
School / Organization	PhET University of Colorado Boulder
Date submitted	8/2/11
Date updated	5/26/15