Conductivity

• • • Battery, size C
    • Piece of aluminum foil, about a foot long
    • Light bulb (get one from a flashlight)

• • • Fold the aluminum foil to make a strip about 12 inches long and about 1/2 inch wide.
    • Sit the battery on one end of the strip.
    • Hold the metal base of the light bulb to the other end of the battery.
    • Complete the circuit. Touch the metal base of the light bulb with the aluminum foil strip.

Static Electricity

• • • Smooth sheet of newspaper
    • Smooth table top

• • • Lay the newspaper on the table.
    • With both hands, rub it against the table.
    • Lift up a corner of the paper and see what happens.
    • Rub the paper with a pencil or different pieces of cloth and see what happens.
    • The friction is causing electrostatic charges making the newspaper cling to the table.