ACES Activity of the Week: Electric Gelatin - A lesson in static electricity!
We had the best participation this week - 9 parents (all moms) and 6 kids...total 15!!! Everyone was given a balloon and two tablespoons of gelatin. After the balloons were blown, I asked everyone to hover the balloon over the gelatin which was neatly poured into a pile. Nothing happened...not exciting at all! Now I asked everyone to rub the balloon against their hair. I got a lot of "are you sure you know what you are doing" looks, especially from the parents, and some giggl