Electricity Learning

Van De Graff Expierience

When bubbles were blown at the Van De Graff you could also see webs, like if something was linking the bubbles once they were blown out. Also the bubbles would stick to you they would'nt pop. When we formed a human chain around the Van De Graff with the end of the chain people touching the Van De Graff. Outside people could shock the people inside the chain. It was intresting because I thought it was the other way around, were the people inside the chain would shock the people outside the chain. When there was one napkin on top if the Van De Graff the napkin flew off once the Van De Graff was on. It fisrt looked like it was trying to get blown off, but then it flew in a way because it quickly got taken off the Van De Graff. When on the contrary there was many, none of them really cam off. When there were paper strips taped on the Van De Graff, it was like hair were it would stick up. When the machine was energized and Paul placed the cheerios on the Van De Graff, the cheerios flew off in diffrent ways almost looking like a waterfall of cheerios. This happened because of electricity that was going on with all the materials there were, including the human chain.