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Though best known as a recreation and fitness facility, our Y is so much more.  Our team of dedicated staff and volunteers is committed to the development and delivery of a wide range of community-specific programs and services designed to meet local needs and promote growth of spirit, mind and body of all people.  Shelter services for women and children in crisis, parenting and caregiver classes, special events, resident and day camps, and leadership training programs reach far beyond the walls of our facility to empower and enhance the lives of community members regardless of social, racial or economic backgrounds.
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Big Little Science Centre
Science Fun For Your Family
brough to you by the Big Little Science Centre

Phone: 250-554-2572
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You Need

1 plastic shelf, 1 rabbit fur or wool cloth, 1 sturdy plastic drinking glass, hot glue gun,1 aluminium cookie or cake pan,

1 fluorescent light bulb, 1 empty pop can

What to Do

Attach an insulating handle to a rectangular aluminium cookie or cake pan. A sturdy plastic drinking glass can be used.

Use hot glue to attach it.

Set the cookie or cake pan down on top of the charged plastic shelf. Touch the
pan briefly. (You will experience a mild shock.) Use the plastic drinking glass
as an insulating handle to lift the cake pan off the shelf. Touch the pan again.

Charge the shelf again. Place the cake pan on the charged shelf. This time,
discharge the cake pan through the base of a small fluorescent lamp held in
your hand. Lift the cake pan, and touch it with the lamp again! How often can

Charge a polystyrene plastic bookshelf, by rubbing it with wool or fur. You will hear a crackling sound as the shelf is being electrically charged. This shelf will
then be an excellent source of negative charge.

Set the cookie or cake pan down on top of the charged plastic shelf. Touch the
pan briefly. (You will experience a mild shock.) Use the plastic drinking glass
as an insulating handle to lift the cake pan off the shelf. Touch the pan again.
Charge the shelf again. Place the cake pan on the charged shelf. This time,
discharge the cake pan through the base of a small fluorescent lamp held in
your hand. Lift the cake pan, and touch it with the lamp again! How often can
you repeat this process? (For the best effect, turn off room lights.)

Charge the shelf again. Place an empty pop can, on its side, at either end of the bookshelf. Watch what happens to the pop can.

This article is brought to you by the Big Little Science Centre
Visit their web site at: http://www.blscs.org/
Contact Gord at (250) 554-2572 or gord@blscs.org
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