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title: "Science in Year 4 Static Electricity"
url: "https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2024-01-29-science-in-year-4-static-electricity"
school: "St Barnabas Primary School, A Church of England Academy"
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# Science in Year 4 Static Electricity

  ![](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/images/news/IMG_1855.jpeg)   29 January 2024

Following on from our visit from Scientific Sarah and Mad Science, we looked at static electricity using balloons. We did a magic floating plastic bag experiment and then a moving butterfly. The children enjoyed testing out how to produce the best static electricity!

![](https://st-barnabas-primary-school.schudio.com/images/news/IMG_1855.jpeg)

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