This site contains an activity on electrostatics. A styrofoam plate is rubbed with wool to give it a large electric charge that can be transferred to an aluminum pie pan. This electrophorus, or change carrier produces...

This paper, presented at the 2001 Physics Education Research Conference, offers a new way to approach homework problems in electrostatics through the use of “bridging exercises” as part of students’ homework. These...

From Dean Baird's Book of Phyz, learn the "shocking truths and current models" of electrostatic charge and force, including Ben Franklin's Findings and what we currently know about charge in this two-page PDF document. ...