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Do Hair Colors Have Different Effects On Static Electricity

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Designing your own experiment

1. Make an observation: When a balloon is rubbed on someone’s head the hair on the person’s head will stand up, and if the balloon is later placed on a wall it will remain there for a certain amount of time.
2. Ask a question: Do different hair colors have different effects on static electricity?
3. Prediction: The color of hair will have different effects on static electricity, one color of hair will produce the highest amount of static electricity.
4. Hypothesis: If you have black hair then there will be a higher effect on static electricity then there would be on blonde, red, or brown hair.
5. Write up your experiment:

Materials: 4 latex balloons, 1 permanent marker, 1 clear wall space, 1 notebook, 1 black haired volunteer, 1 red haired …show more content…

Fill up a total of 4 latex balloons with air by using your breath.
b. Once you have filled up each balloon make sure to tie each one with a secure knot at the end.
c. Now take a permanent marker and carefully take 1 of the 4 balloons and write black on it, take a second balloon and write blonde, then a third and write red on it and on the last balloon write brown. (You will only be doing 1 trail for each color of hair).
d. In your notebook, create a table with 2 columns and 5 rows the left column will be used for the 4 different colors of hair
(Black, blonde, red, brown) and the second column will be labeled as time. This will be where you will write how long each balloon stuck to wall for each hair color.
e. Take one of the balloons marked black and on your black haired volunteer rub the balloon on his/her head 30 seconds (make sure to use a timer).
f. Once you have finished rubbing the balloon for the designated time on your volunteer’s head the hair will be standing up. You will then take the balloon and stick it to a clear wall space. Now take your timer and time how long the balloon stays on the wall, once the balloon begins to fall off the wall stop your

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