9 Awesome Science Tricks Using Static Electricity!

Music in the video are songs I created.

Song #1: Over Rain

Song #2 Soul Switch Remix - Will be available soon

All of these tricks take advantage of static electricity. In general, the lower the humidity, the better these tricks will work. The most impressive one to me is the floating bag trick. Depending on the conditions, you can float an entire grocery sack.

1. Hover Plate: (You need Styrofoam Plates and a cloth) Styrofoam plates are great for static electricity tricks. When you give them a charge and hold one above the other, you can feel an incredible amount of resistance.

2. Can Can Go (You need a coke can, PVC pipe and a cloth) This is a classic but still fun. Try standing the can up and then tip it over with static, or try pulling 2 cans at the same time.

3. Stick Around (You need a small wooden stick, glass jar, thread, tape, PVC pipe and a cloth) This one is fun because half of the time the wooden stick will come toward the pvc pipe, and other times it will move away from the pipe. When it moves away, it will stick the the side of the jar and remain there for a period of time. It also fun to use as large a jar as possible to increase the dramatic effect of the pipe moving the stick from such a large distance.

4. Bubble Trouble (You need bubble solution, plexi-glass, PVC pipe, straw and a cloth. This is a fun trick because the bubbles change their shape and move when the pvc pipe is near. It's also fun to create bubbles inside of bubbles to watch the effect of the static electricity. And also create multiple bubbles on the sheet and watch them all travel toward the pipe.

5. Dancing Balls (You need styrofoam balls, aluminum foil, plexi-glass, cloth, and an area to keep the balls from escaping. This trick is really impressive but can be a bit difficult to recreate. When the plexi-glass plate is charged and placed over the balls, they all jump up and stick to the bottom of the glass. For a few moments they travel around sporadically until they finally settle. But when you put your finger near the glass, they all start jumping around. It's also fun to use these balls with styrofoam plates / cups. If you place the ball on a charged plate, it will shoot off of the plate, or stick to it, even if the plate is held sideways or upside down.

6. Water Bender (You need a cup that you can poke a hole in, water, PVC pipe and a cloth. This is a classic but still fun.

7. Balloon Fight (You need balloons, thread, PVC pipe and cloth. When the conditions are just right, the balloon can almost levitate about the pipe. But most of the time you can have fun pushing the balloons around with the charged pipe.

8. Electroscope (You need, steel wire, jar, straw, aluminum foil, PVC pipe and a cloth) This one is really impressive to see in person. A really cool effect to try, which you can see in this video, is to rub the cloth on the pvc pipe from several feet away from the jar. When you run the pipe, you can see the aluminum foil pieces in the jar, moving. I was able to stand as far as 5 feet away and still see the effect.

9. Wingardium Leviosa (You need very light weight / thin plastic bags, cloth, PVC pipe) This is my favorite trick. Again, with the correct conditions, you can get the plastic pieces to float over foot above the pipe. Produce bags from the grocery store work great. You can float an entire produce bag in the right conditions.

Have fun!

[kyyy]

my science teacher told us to watch this so here i am

[theyluvkayla]

People who came here to do a science experiment assigned by there teacher: Ahh tysm for the likes I've never gotten this much likes on a comment before@

[greentomatoking]

I'm watching this because of quarantine work.

[nikitaaju]

I love how the majority of us have never seen this video on our recommendation but came here because their Science teacher had told them😂

[ArdnaxelaAksik]

i'm reading the comments and it's obvious that we're here because our teacher recommend to watch this video :)

[ashishsalavi]

Finally I smiled when I see u in last scene, make me happy

[waynerogers]

Oh man, the grandkids and I are going to have a blast with these projects! Nice to see you back. Hope your new year is healthy and prosperous. Thanks.

[Otzkar]

Lol those names xD "Bouble Trouble" "Wingardium leviosa" "stick around" "can can go".. so epic!

[ShevyOnWheels]

Wingardium Leviosa 😂
Great video with the icing on the top at the end 🤘🤓🦉

[MasterTSayge]

Everyone repeat after me. "Alex, get me a Pvc pipe."

You're welcome.

[solvedproblemsu]

Great video, and I appreciate the time, energy, and effort you spent that went into its making. Keep them coming, please.

[czechmex]

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[sexylatina]

Mostly everyone: my teacher told me to watch this
Me: *trying to get an idea on what to do a project on*

[sarcastiquebro]

let me clarify some things:
-for the water bender experiment, you don't actually need a styrofoam cup. A weak water flow from a sink will do.
-You can substitute the PVC pipe with a ruler or a comb
-Cloth used must be wool

[YourMJK]

Thank you for these awesome and very interesting high-quality videos, which never fail to amaze me.
I can tell that you put a lot of effort into making these and it's nice to see that uploads are becomming more frequently!

Keep it up, greetings from Germany!

[starlight]

Everyone's watching this for an assignment but I'm just watching this for fun

[kepchupsss]

Explain the observed phenomena in the experiments from the video please (I need this for my homework)

[MaxArceus]

At first I was unimpressed, thinking "Okay.. basic electricity being shown, what they've been doing for a few centuries by now.." But then I realized, that with how more and more people are denouncing science because they just don't trust it for whatever stupid reason, maybe it's good to go back to the roots again.

[mustafa.m]

Well, that's it for see you in 2018

[beastgalaxygaming]

Well i came here for my science experiment...