Teaching About Electrostatics

This book describes construction and use of reliable electrostatics equipment from inexpensive materials.

Appendix A: Electrostatics Activities for Students is a sample sequence of activities designed to help students build an initial understanding of electrostatics.
Appendix B: Ben Franklin's Electrostatic Experiments recreates Franklin's experiments for the classroom.

Other AAPT /PTRA Resource Books:
• Teaching About Energy
• Teaching About Impulse and Momentum
• Teaching About Kinematics
• Teaching About Magnets & Magnetism
• Teaching Physics for the First Time
• Teaching About Newton's Second Law