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Year 7 · Science

Static Electricity

Year 7 learners practise static electricity and electric charge explained.

The activities include Explain Static Electricity and Electric Fields, Learn About Polarisation of Charge in Static Electricity, Learn About Static Electricity Experiments, and related practice. The checked support below includes lesson, video, worksheet, teaching. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.

Activities covered

  • Explain Static Electricity and Electric Fields
  • Learn About Polarisation of Charge in Static Electricity
  • Learn About Static Electricity Experiments
  • Understand Charge and Coulombs
  • Understand the Causes of Static Electricity
  • Understand the Structure of the Atom

Checked learning resources

  • KS3 Electricity and Magnetism: Static Electricity Lesson Pack

    Twinkl · Lesson · Account may be required

    KS3 lesson and worksheets explain static electricity as electron transfer when insulators are rubbed, attraction and repulsion of charges, and electrostatic forces around charged objects.

  • Electricity - KS3 Physics

    BBC Bitesize · Lesson · Opens on the provider website

    Year 7 Science resource matched to static electricity and electric charge explained.

  • Electric Field Lines Video Tutorial

    YouTube — Physics Classroom · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Secondary physics video explains electric fields and constructs field lines pointing radially outwards from a positive charge and inwards towards a negative charge, using the positive test-charge convention.

  • Static electricity

    BBC Bitesize · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Objects can become positively charged or negatively charged. This is called static electricity. Find out more with BBC Bitesize. For students between 11 and 14. Key points Video - Static electricity Effects of static ele

  • Electrostatic sparks and shocks - Electricity

    BBC Bitesize · Video · Opens on the provider website

    When charged objects discharge suddenly, an electrostatic spark is formed. Find out more with BBC Bitesize. For students between the ages of 11 and 14. Key points Video - Static electricity Discharging objects How much c

  • What is electricity guide for KS3 physics

    BBC Bitesize · Video · Opens on the provider website

    A KS3 guide all about electricity. Learn what electricity is and what an electric current is. Ideal for KS3 physics students aged 11-14 from BBC Bitesize. Key points about electricity How does electricity power a car? Vi

  • Oak worksheet: Static Electricity Charge

    Oak National Academy · Worksheet · Opens on the provider website

    KS3 science lesson. I can describe what charges are and how they are transferred between some objects, giving them opposite charges. Atoms contain positive and negative electric charges. The particles in atoms with a neg

  • Oak lesson slides: Static Electricity Charge

    Oak National Academy · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

    KS3 science lesson. I can describe what charges are and how they are transferred between some objects, giving them opposite charges. Atoms contain positive and negative electric charges. The particles in atoms with a neg