Eisco™ Physics Kit: Electrostatics

• Over 25 components
• Use to teach different activities
• Includes Activity Guides with Student worksheets

Activities Covered

• Exploring Electrostatic Charge Using Rods and Cloths
• Movement of Charge on an Object
• Is There More Than One Type of Charge
• Comparing Magnetic and Electrostatic Forces
• The Electroscope
• Conductors versus Insulators
• Charging objects by Induction and Conduction
• Volta's Electrophorus
• Coulomb's Law
• The Conducting Cup
• Faraday's Ice Pail

Includes:
Wool Cloth 26 x 26 cm (1), Silk Cloth (1), Glass rod (1), Ebonite rod (1), Perspex rod (1), Wire stirrup (1), Polyethylene strip (1), Gold leaf electroscope (1), Gold leaf (1), Glass panes that go on either side of the electroscope (2), Metal conducting knob to collect charge on top of the electroscope (1), Metal conducting plate to collect charge on top of the electroscope (1), Metal conducting bucket (Faraday Pail) to collect charge of top of the electroscope (1), Pith balls connected by string (1), Pith ball electroscope stand (1), Base for electroscope or metal conductive spheres 3, Metal conducting spheres with insulating post (one with hole in the top) (2), Electrophorus disk with handle (1), Square polyethylene tile (1), Neon tube (1), Reel of nylon filament Diameter 0.20 mm, spool of 25 m (1), Small electrophorus disk with handle (1)