Yesterday, I learned a lot about static electricity.
I played this stimulator type game that demonstrated how when you move a ballon to a sweater, the ballon becomes negatively charged. Then when you move the ballon to the wall, all the electrons on the wall move away from the ballon because opposite charges repel. I thought that was very interesting.
I watched an few videos on Nearpod where I learned why this happens. I never knew much about static electricity before. Another fun fact I learned was that when you walk across a carpet you pick up a bunch of electrons, and since those electrons don’t like being close to each other, in other words like charges repel, the electrons will jump from your hand to the doorknob after you shuffle your feet across a carpet and then touch a doorknob.
I have learned some pretty cool stuff about atoms and electricity although I’d rather do some projects.