Experiment: Sticky Balloons

You will need:

• Balloons
  
• Scraps Of Paper
  
• Hair
  

Procedure:

• Blow up a balloon.
  


• Rub a balloon in your hair for about 10 seconds.
  


• Hold the balloon near your own hair.
  


• Hold the balloon over some small pieces of paper.
  


• Hold the balloon against a wall and slowly let it go.
  

Predictions:

• Our hair will stick out and stand up.
  


• The paper will stick to the balloon.
  


• The balloon will stick to the wall.
  

Results:

• Our hair did stick up.

• The paper did stick to the balloon.

• Only some of the balloons stuck to the wall.
  

We were able to show which materials are likely to hold a static charge.