About Balloons & Static
Grab a balloon to explore concepts of static electricity such as charge transfer, attraction, repulsion, and induced charge.
How to play Balloons & Static
Everything is hands-on: drag, click and experiment — the simulation reacts instantly. Grab a balloon to explore concepts of static electricity such as charge transfer, attraction, repulsion, and induced charge.
Questions & answers
- What is Balloons & Static?
- Balloons & Static is a free interactive simulation from PhET Interactive Simulations (University of Colorado Boulder) that you can play right in your browser on crumble.lol — no downloads and no sign-up. Grab a balloon to explore concepts of static electricity such as charge transfer, attraction, repulsion, and induced charge.
- What can kids learn from Balloons & Static?
- It helps kids explore: describe and draw models for common static electricity concepts (transfer of charge, induction, attraction, repulsion, and grounding) make predictions about force at a distance for various configurations of charge.
- What age is Balloons & Static good for?
- It is designed for elementary school (roughly ages 5–10) up to university, and curious kids outside that range can absolutely enjoy poking around it too.
- Is Balloons & Static free to play?
- Yes — Balloons & Static is completely free on crumble.lol and runs fully in your browser on computers and tablets.