Transcript: Static Electricity
Teacher Aldo stands in the lab.
Teacher Aldo is in his thirties, with short curly black hair and a shadow of a goatee. He wears glasses and a blue Homework Zone T-shirt.
He says HI, I'M TEACHER
ALDO AND
WELCOME TO
THE HOMEWORK ZONE.
I'M HERE TO TALK
TO YOU ABOUT
STATIC
ELECTRICITY -
WHAT IS STATIC
ELECTRICITY?
WELL STATIC
ELECTRICITY IS THE
TRANSFER OF ELECTRONS
FROM ONE OBJECT
TO
THE OTHER.
YOU MIGHT HAVE
EXPERIENCED
THIS
AT HOME.
HAVE YOU EVER
TOUCHED A
TELEVISION SCREEN
AND FELT A ZAP, OR
MAYBE YOU'VE TAKEN
CLOTHES FROM
A DRYER AND
FELT THAT SAME ZAP.
WELL DON'T BE
WORRIED -
THAT ZAP IS
JUST THE TRANSFER OF
ELECTRONS AND
THAT'S CALLED
STATIC
ELECTRICITY;
I'M TEACHER ALDO
AND NOW YOU KNOW.
An animation shows the transference of electrons from a T-shirt to a balloon as the balloon rubs against the T-shirt.
Teacher Aldo is in his thirties, with short curly black hair and a shadow of a goatee. He wears glasses and a blue Homework Zone T-shirt.
He says HI, I'M TEACHER
ALDO AND
WELCOME TO
THE HOMEWORK ZONE.
I'M HERE TO TALK
TO YOU ABOUT
STATIC
ELECTRICITY -
WHAT IS STATIC
ELECTRICITY?
WELL STATIC
ELECTRICITY IS THE
TRANSFER OF ELECTRONS
FROM ONE OBJECT
TO
THE OTHER.
YOU MIGHT HAVE
EXPERIENCED
THIS
AT HOME.
HAVE YOU EVER
TOUCHED A
TELEVISION SCREEN
AND FELT A ZAP, OR
MAYBE YOU'VE TAKEN
CLOTHES FROM
A DRYER AND
FELT THAT SAME ZAP.
WELL DON'T BE
WORRIED -
THAT ZAP IS
JUST THE TRANSFER OF
ELECTRONS AND
THAT'S CALLED
STATIC
ELECTRICITY;
I'M TEACHER ALDO
AND NOW YOU KNOW.
An animation shows the transference of electrons from a T-shirt to a balloon as the balloon rubs against the T-shirt.
You are now leaving TVOKids.com
TVOKids doesn't have control over the new place you're about to visit, so please make sure you get your Parent or Guardian's permission first!
Do you have permission from your Parents / Guardian to go to other websites?