Flying tinsel : an unusual approach to teaching electricity /
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White Plains, N.Y. :
Cuisenaire Co. of America,
c1993.
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Table of Contents:
- Unit 1. Static Electricity. 1. Flying Tinsel: The "Magic" of an Electric Charge. 2. Instant Tinsel Electroscope: Like Charges Repel. 3. Here a Charge, There a Charge: Everywhere a Charge! 4. An Unexpected Reaction: Attracting and Repelling. 5. The Nature of Neutral: A Mixture of Charges. 6. Imbalancing Act: Separating Charges within a Neutral Object. 7. Tiny Shocks: A Pie-tin Electrophorus. 8. A Big Shock: The Milk-jug Leyden Jar. 9. A Second Look: The Electrophorus and the Leyden Jar. 10. The Tinsel Whip: An Electrophorus Trick. 11. Conductors and Insulators: Using a Leyden Jar. 12. Quick as a Wink: Investigating the Speed of Electricity
- Unit 2. Current Electricity. 13. A New Shock: Recreating the First Battery. 14. Big Cell, No Shock: Cells in Parallel. 15. Inside a Flashlight "Battery": How a Dry Cell Works. 16. Chlorine from a Drop: Investigating the Voltaic Pile. 17. What is Voltaic Electricity?: Conductors and Insulators Revisited.