| Physical science fair projects are for those who are | | | | by walking around on carpet and dragging your feet. |
| interested in learning about electricity, energy, gravity, | | | | This will work up some static electricity, which will allow |
| machines, magnets and how materials change and | | | | you to create sparks when touching various materials. |
| combine. There are many sub-categories that go along | | | | You can also further the experiment by seeing which |
| with physical science, so you should have no trouble | | | | type of shoes work best for creating static electricity. |
| finding a topic that interests you. | | | | Remember, when you are experimenting with sparks |
| One interesting project is to build your own | | | | to use extra caution as sparks CAN result in fire, and |
| electroscope, which is really quite simple. The | | | | make sure you don't touch your computer when you |
| experiment involves taking a glass jar and covering it | | | | are charged with static electricity, as you can damage |
| with a piece of cardboard that is a little bigger than the | | | | the sensitive components inside. Also be careful not to |
| jar's opening, sticking a nail into the middle of the | | | | touch any electrical appliances, although most are |
| cardboard, and then attaching two thin pieces of foil to | | | | safely grounded. You could also experiment with static |
| the end of the nail. Another fun project is to create | | | | cling. See when static cling occurs, which types of |
| sparks with static electricity and experiment to find out | | | | materials are more prone to static cling and how you |
| what sort of materials work best for creating sparks | | | | can stop it. |