SCIENCE 7

THIRD QUARTER
WORKSHEET on CHARGING PROCESS

Group Name: Group Members:

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Section: 2.
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Date: 4.
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OUTPUT NO. ______ 6.

Methods of Charging Processes 7.

Activity 1.1: Rub Me Hardly! ------------------------------------------------------

Materials: Inflated rubber balloon, Human hair, Microfiber cloth (cloth used to clean
eyeglasses)

What to Do:
1. Inflate the balloon to just the right size.
2. Rub the rubber balloon with your hair or with the microfiber cloth
3. Pull the balloon away from your hair from the microfiber cloth.
4. This time, you need two balloons. Rub the two balloons with your hair or with the
microfiber cloth.
5. Place the balloons near each other.

Answer the following questions:

1. What did you observe after rubbing the balloon with your hair or with the microfiber cloth?
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2. What did you notice about your hair?

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3. What happened to the balloons when placed near each other?

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4. List down some question/s you thought of while doing the activity.

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Conclusion

Therefore, we conclude that _________________________________________________________

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Activity 1.2: Perfect Combing-nation!
Material/s: plastic comb, towel
Procedures:
1. Towel dry your hair. Comb your hair using the plastic comb in 60 seconds.
2. Observe what happens.

Answer the following questions.

1. Which among the comb and your hair has a greater affinity to electrons?
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2. Assume your hair and comb were all neutral before combing. What is the charge
of the comb afterwards?
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3. What is the charge of your hair after combing?

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Conclusion

Therefore, we conclude that _________________________________________________________

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Activity 2.1: Touch Me Not!

Materials:
1. Inflated rubber balloon
2. Empty soft drink can
3. Styrofoam cup

What to Do:
1. Inflate the balloon.

2. Mount the soft drink can on the Styrofoam cup as seen in

Figure 2.

3. Charge the balloon by rubbing it off your hair for 1 minute.

Note: This will work only if the hair is completely dry.

4. Place the charged balloon as near as the possible to

the soft drink can without the
two objects touching. See Figure 3 below.

5. Touch the can with your finger at the end opposite of

the balloon.

6. Remove your hand and observe how the balloon and the can will interact.

Answer the following questions.

1. What do you think is the charge acquired by the balloon after rubbing it against your hair?
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2. Based on your answer in question #1, what do you think the charge of the softdrink can be?
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3. What is the purpose of touching the can in step 5?

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4. Were you able to charge the soft drink can? Explain.

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Conclusion

Therefore, we conclude that

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GENERALIZATION: What have your group learned and realized in this activity?
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END OF ACTIVITY