Taser FAQ from CBC

This site (link below) may be useful for your next assignment. It includes information about Tasers, Taser use, the pros and cons, the amount of electricity used and the effects. CBC is considered a reliable source. When you are looking for your own information, please consider the source.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/03/18/f-taser-faq.html

Lightning Safely Tips

This is also a link to National Geographic. It might be helpful for your next written assignment.

http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/natural-disasters/lightning-safety-tips.html

What is Lightning?

Read this page for National Geographic's explanation of what you learned in class. Notice the idea of negatively charged clouds and grounding.

http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/natural-disasters/lightning-profile.html

Lightning in the World

Does the geographic frequency of lighning strikes. Follow this link for a map of the world that shows where lightning hits most.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Global_lightning_strikes.png

static review

Define static electricity (2 marks):
What is lightning (2 marks)?
Why does static electricity build up in winter air and not in summer air (2 marks)?
Name 2 insulators and 2 conductors (4 marks).
Look at the results of the electrostatics friction lab that you were working on (with the fur). What moved the most paper? What moved the fewest number of paper bits? (4 marks)
Why do you think you got those results? (2 marks for the reason, 4 marks for an explanation, 2 marks for an example)
Give an example of static electricity that you have seen in your life. (2 marks)

static electricity

Watch the clip. How do you think it happened? Think static electricity.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gct1BmKNvU0&feature=related

Static Electricity with Bill Nye

This is a great one! Classic Bill Nye!

Notice the part about discharging, grounds and amber.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1ZdwyogAdE&feature=related