Get involved in our April Science Challenge - Static Electricity
Science Challenge - Static Electricity
*You will need adult help for this*
Resources:
- Small chocolate egg (e.g. cream egg)
- Cardboard tube or rolled up card. The egg needs to be able to sit on the top without falling through.
- Large glass
- Piece of A5 card/paper
Instructions:
- Place the A5 card/paper on top of the glass.
- Put the tube on top of the card.
- Put the egg on top of the cardboard tube. It needs to be directly above the glass.
- Hold the glass with one hand and quickly pull away the A5 card with the other hand.
- The chocolate egg should fall into the glass.
Please send a photo on Class Dojo to your teacher. All entries will receive a sticker.
The Science
The egg is heavier than the cardboard tube, so it does not move as easily as the tube when the cardboard is pulled away. The egg falls straight down because of gravity. This is Isaac Newton's first law, which states that an object stays still or keeps moving at the same speed or in a straight line unless a force acts upon it.
Science of the Month: Chocolate
Choose one of the following topics to investigate:
- Find out 5 facts about chocolate. Here is one to get you started:
The first chocolate egg was made in 1873. - What is the melting point of chocolate?
- How is chocolate made?
