Balloons and Static Electricity

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Static Electricity
Electric Charges
Electric Force

Description

Why does a balloon stick to your sweater? Explore the charges in the sweater, balloons, and the wall as you investigate!

Sample Learning Goals

Describe and draw models for common static electricity concepts (transfer of charge, induction, attraction, repulsion, and grounding)
Make predictions about force at a distance for various configurations of charge

Version 1.2.4

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Teacher Tips

Overview of sim controls, model simplifications, and insights into student thinking ( PDF ).

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Teacher-Submitted Activities

Title	Authors	Level	Type
Static Magnetic and Electric unit (Inquiry Based)	Trish Loeblein	HS	Demo HW Lab
Balloons and Static Electricity for Middle School	PhET Middle School Team	MS	Lab Demo
Electrical Charge Lab	Dr. Wendy Adams	MS HS UG-Intro	Lab
Introduction to Electrostatics	Karen King	MS HS	Lab
Balloons and Static Electricity	UTeach Middle School PhET Team	MS	Lab
Alignment of PhET sims with NGSS	Trish Loeblein	HS	Other
How do PhET simulations fit in my middle school program?	Sarah Borenstein	MS	Other
PhET Sims Aligned to the Chemistry Curriculum	Julia Chamberlain	HS UG-Intro	Other
Exploring Electric Chrages	Matt Simkins	HS MS	Lab Guided
MS and HS TEK to Sim Alignment	Elyse Zimmer	MS HS	Other
Static Electricity Lab!	Jamie Schoenberger	MS	Lab Guided
Simulações no Ensino de Fisica	Carla Tavares	HS	HW Other Lab Demo Discuss MC Guided
Modelos Atomicos	Andrés Gualberto Palomo Cuevas	HS	Guided
Preguntas de razonamiento para todas las simulaciones HTML5	Diana López	UG-Intro MS Grad K-5 HS UG-Adv	HW Discuss
Carga	Patricia Abdel Rahim	UG-Intro	Lab

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Translations

Language
Basque	All Basque	Globoak eta Elektrizitate estatikoa
Belarusian	All беларускі	Шарыкі і статычная электрычнасць
Bosnian	All Bosanski	Baloni i statički elektricitet
Bulgarian	All български	Наелектризиране на тела
Chinese (Simplified)	All 中文 (中国)	气球和静电（摩擦起电）
Chinese (Traditional)	All 中文 (台灣)	Balloons and Static Electricity_氣球和靜電引力
Croatian	All hrvatski	Baloni i statički elektricitet
Czech	All čeština	Balonek a statická elektřina
Danish	All Dansk	Balloner og statisk elektricitet
Dutch	All Nederlands	Ballonnen en statische elektriciteit
Estonian	All Eesti	Õhupallid ja staatiline elekter
Finnish	All suomi	Ilmapallot ja hankaussähkö
French	All français	Ballons et Electricité statique
German	All Deutsch	Ballons und statische Elektrizität
Greek	All Ελληνικά	Μπαλόνια και στατικός ηλεκτρισμός
Hebrew	All עברית	בלונים וחשמל סטטי
Hindi	All हिंदी	गुब्बारा और स्थिर विद्युत्
Hungarian	All magyar	Léggömbök és a statikus elektromosság
Italian	All italiano	Elettricità statica
Japanese	All 日本語	風船と静電気
Kannada	All Kannada	ಬಲೂನ್ ಮತ್ತು ಸ್ಥಾಯಿ ವಿದ್ಯುತ್
Kazakh	All Kazakh	Balloons and Static Electricity
Korean	All 한국어	풍선과 정전기
Latvian	All Latviešu	Baloni un statiskā elektrība
Marathi	All मराठी	फुगा आणि स्थिरविद्युत
Norwegian Bokmal	All Norsk bokmål	Ballonger og statisk elektrisitet
Persian	All فارسی	بادکنک و الکتریسته ی ساکن
Polish	All polski	Balony i pole elektrostatyczne
Portuguese (Brazil)	All português (Brasil)	Balões e Eletricidade Estática
Russian	All русский	Воздушные шарики и статическое электричество
Serbian	All Српски	Балони и статички електрицитет
Sinhalese	All Sinhalese	බැලුන සහ ස්ථිති විද්‍යුතය
Slovak	All Slovenčina	Balón a elektrostatika
Slovenian	All Slovenščina	Statična elektrika pri balonu
Spanish	All español	Globos y electricidad estática
Spanish (Mexico)	All español (México)	Globos y electrostática
Spanish (Peru)	All español (Perú)	Globos y Electricidad Estática
Spanish (Spain)	All español (España)	Globos y electricidad estática
Swahili	All Swahili	Umeme ya Tuli na
Swedish	All svenska	Ballonger och statisk elektricitet
Tamil	All Tamil	பலூன்களும் நிலையான மின்சாரமும்
Thai	All ไทย	บอลลูนและไฟฟ้าสถิตย์
Tibetan	All Tibetan	སྒང་ཕུག་དང་སོར་གནས་གློག
Turkish	All Türkçe	Balon ve Durgun Elektrik
Vietnamese	All Tiếng Việt	Bong bóng và tĩnh điện

Software Requirements

Windows 7+	Mac OS 10.7+	iPad and iPad Mini with iOS	Chromebook with Chrome OS
Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer 11, latest version of Firefox, latest version of Chrome.	Safari 9+, latest version of Firefox, latest version of Chrome.	Latest version of Safari	Latest version of Chrome

Credits

Design Team	Third-party Libraries	Thanks To
Noah Podolefsky (lead) Sam Reid (lead, developer) Ariel Paul Kathy Perkins Patricia Loeblein Sharon Siman-Tov Wendy Adams (interviewer)	almond-0.2.9.js base64-js-1.2.0.js FileSaver-b8054a2.js font-awesome-4.5.0 game-up-camera-1.0.0.js jama-1.0.2 jquery-2.1.0.js lodash-4.17.4.js pegjs-0.7.0.js seedrandom-2.4.2.js text-2.0.12.js TextEncoderLite-3c9f6f0.js	Mobile Learner Labs