Really inventive ideas here cocnerning "lightning" as produced by a Van der Graaf generator. Students devise experiments to investigate a number of posed questions. I couldn't get the (embedded?) videos to work on my set up. Some minor typos exist. There are class questions ( with answers ) at the end of the sequence and further problems to consider. Grade targets and learning objectives are mentioned at the start. Very good resource, indeed.
Really inventive ideas here cocnerning "lightning" as produced by a Van der Graaf generator. Students devise experiments to investigate a number of posed questions. I couldn't get the (embedded?) videos to work on my set up. Some minor typos exist. There are class questions ( with answers ) at the end of the sequence and further problems to consider. Grade targets and learning objectives are mentioned at the start. Very good resource, indeed.