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Check out the following activities with a friend or family member to learn even more: Curious to know more about electricity? There are a ton of fun experiments you can do right at home. Jump online to check out Energy and Electricity Experiments.
Be sure to get help from an adult friend or family member. Browse through the options and choose one that looks fun and exciting. Have fun experimenting with electricity! Aren't plasma balls super cool? Can you capture the beauty of a plasma ball in your own work of art?
Get out your art supplies and create a picture or sculpture inspired by the colorful, electric plasma ball. What colors will you use? Share your work of art with a friend or family member. Will it inspire them to learn more about plasma balls?
If so, share what you've learned with them! Up for a challenge? If you have access to both a plasma ball and a fluorescent light bulb, you can try the Plasma Ball and Fluorescent Light Experiment. Before conducting the experiment, read the instructions thoroughly. Make predictions about what you think will happen, and then see if you guessed correctly. Share what you learn with your friends and family members! Did you get it? Test your knowledge. This means you can light up a fluorescent light bulb!
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What you need: Plasma Ball available at toy stores and online Fluorescent Light Tube Wooden chair or stool to stand on or anything not metal Pennies Try This: Turn off the lights so that you can see the plasma ball glowing.
Resources Demonstrations Plasma ball. Plasma ball. Download cheatsheet PDF ». Vital statistics oscillating voltage: 2—5 kV at around 30 kHz gas inside the globe: usually neon. Resources Accelerate! Department of Physics.
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