Product Description

This Valentine’s-themed physics investigation explores static electricity and electrostatic forces through a hands-on practical task suitable for Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, and homeschool science.

While framed with a Valentine’s context, the investigation can be used at any time of year when teaching forces or electricity.

Learners charge a balloon by friction, test attraction distance for different materials, control variables, and explain results using electron transfer and electrostatic attraction.

What you receive

• Two PDFs
• A PDF containing the editable Canva template link
• A PDF containing a detailed teacher guide linked to curriculum standards
• Templates include variables pages, results tables, written risk assessment, and group role cards.
• Group roles can be rotated for individual learners to focus on planning, measuring, and explaining.

Curriculum focus

Key Stage 2

• Forces: simple electrical phenomena and attraction

Key Stage 3

• Static electricity: charging by friction, attraction and repulsion, electron transfer

Key Stage 4 (GCSE Physics / Combined Science)

• Static electricity and electric fields
• Applications and risks of static charge

US curriculum links

• Upper Elementary Science: forces and electricity
• Middle School Physical Science: electric charge
• High School Physics: electrostatics and fields

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Read the blog post with teaching ideas and curriculum rationale here 

You will get the following files

• PDF link to Editable Canva templates, pupil recording sheets, variables support, results templates
• PDF comprehensive teacher guide.