Task(s) Overview:

Provide a detailed description of producing static charge

resulting in a spark.

Lesson Objective(s) – Electrostatics

describe that static electricity is generated by the difference in charges and by the movement of electrons.
Keywords :
Electron –Proton – Neutron – Atom – Charge – Insulator – Conductor - Friction

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LEADERSHIP THEORY – (1)

Learning Outcome(s) –
Students will describe by diagrams showing how charge can be transferred from one object to another by electrons
“ELECTROSTATICS”
 Lesson Objective Electrostatics

Let’s READ
By the end of the lesson you should be able to…. the learning
D: Recall the structure of atom along with the charges objectives
and TICK.
after losing or taking electrons.
C: describe by diagrams showing how charge can be
transferred from one object to another by electrons
B: explain that the static current is only on the surface
of insulators. Skills
A: Provide a detailed description of producing static
charge resulting in a spark.

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charge Electrostatic
conductor insulator
Maybe this will help?

Has to do
Lesson 16.1.
with:
‘Electrical
charges’
 What is the overall
charge on an average
atom?

Because the number of protons

are equal to the number of
Particle Charge electrons – the atom is NEUTRAL.
Proton +

Neutron neutral

Electron -
Decide what happens when an atoms loses or gains
electrons. ONLY electrons can move, NOT
protons/neutrons!! + -

+ -
Loses electron e
+ -

+ -

+ -

+ -

Positive ION
+ -
Gains electron
+ -

+ -
e
+ -

+ -
Negative ION + -
 “Atoms on the whole is neutral, because positive protons in the
nucleus cancels out the negative electrons outside the nucleus.
When the atoms loses electrons, gets a positive charge.
When an atom gains an electron, gets a negative charge.
It’s the electrons that carry the charge, making metals good
conductors as they have free electrons flowing in their structure.
Insulators do not have any free electrons, so they cannot
conduct electricity. But creating the temporary positive and
negative charges, electricity can be created. We call it static
electricity.” Now you know what is electrostatics!
 What has
electricity has
to do with this?

It’s the
electrons which
carry the
electric current.
So if you can
move electrons,
you can create
little
ELECTRICITY!
 Write a number next to the keyword
1) A substance that does not let electricity flow
static electricity through it.
attract 2) Caused by gain of electrons.
3) A property of matter, it exists in two forms
charge (positive and negative) which attract each other.
repel 4) Two like charged objects do this.
5) What a person gets when they are charged and
conductor then earthed.
insulator 6) Two unlike charged objects do this.
7) Electric charge on the surface of a non - conductor.
electrostatic i. e. it is charge that cannot flow easily.
positive 8) Caused by loss of electrons.

negative 9) A substance that lets electricity flow through it.

electrostatic shock 10) To do with electric charges that are not moving.
 7) electrical charge on the surface of a non-
static electricity conductor. i.e. it is charge that cannot flow easily

attract 6) two unlike charged objects do this

3) a property of matter, it exists in two forms
charge (positive and negative) which attract each other

repel 4) two like charged objects do this

conductor 9) a substance that lets electricity flow through it

1) a substance that does not let electricity flow
insulator through it

electrostatic 10) to do with electric charges that are not moving

positive 8) caused by loss of electrons

negative 2) caused by gain of electrons

5) what a person gets when they are charged and
electrostatic shock then earthed
What Is Static Electricity?

• A stationary
electrical charge that
is built up on the
surface of a material
 Activity in Groups:

1. Blow up and make knot, 2 balloons must be about the same size.
2. *Rub the balloon on your clothes and hold it close to another
student’s (with soft/dry/long hair) head. What happens?
3. *Rub longer and try to stick the balloon to the WALL! Can you?
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4. Attach the 2 STRINGS, each to the 2 separate balloons.
5.*Hang balloons close(not touching)to each other. What’s happens?
6. *Take a plastic ruler and rub it between your arm & body, then
move the ruler closer to the hanging balloon on the string. What is
happening?

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 Look!

Now complete 4.2.b/right on the worksheet!

 Draw
What was your result? Did you generate static electricity?

Both items contain neutral atoms (balanced

amount of protons and electrons)

Draw in + and – on your balloon & cloth on your worksheet page 2, number 1 LEFT!
 Static electricity is made when electrons are transferred from
one material to another.

This is called Charged by friction!

The balloons have gained electrons from the

jumper, becoming overall negatively charged.

The jumper has lost it´s electrons to the

balloons and therefore has become overall
positively charged.
Draw in + and – on your balloon & cloth on your worksheet page 2, number 1 RIGHT!
Look at this activity!!!!

Who will be the first to do

this??? What happened?
“After rubbing, they attract
1 each other,
because they develop opposite
2 charges.

If you move your head closer to any of

the balloons, it should move closer
3 to
your head, as your are still positively
charged. “
1. “H” – explain/”L’ – fill in missing words on your worksheet:
2. As the neutrally charged person walks across the wool carpet,
his LEATHER soled shoes lose electrons to the wool carpet. With
every step the PERSON becomes more and more positively
charged. Because, electrons get stolen from the shoe by the
carpet. The charge distributes itself over the body.
3. When the positively charged person gets near the metal handle
he will actually attract charges (electrons) from the door which
jump in the form of a spark. Notice how only the negative
BUT if he was wearing RUBBER soled shoes on a wool carpet,
his shoes would steal electrons from the carpet. He would
become more negatively charged with each step.
When he gets near the door the electrons will jump from him to
the door. From his point of view it would look and feel the same
as it did in the first example.
He can't tell whether charges jumped to or from him.