{"id":4109,"date":"2017-06-06T12:40:27","date_gmt":"2017-06-06T19:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/newsletters\/2017-06-06\/4109\/"},"modified":"2017-06-06T12:40:27","modified_gmt":"2017-06-06T19:40:27","slug":"surnetkids-ben-franklins-kite-experiment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/newsletters\/2017-06-06\/4109\/","title":{"rendered":"[Surnetkids] Ben Franklin\u2019s Kite Experiment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dear Reader,<\/p>\n<p><p>Now for something a little different.  I&#8217;ve teamed up with ten Instagram bloggers to give one lucky follower a $110 Amazon gift card or PayPal cash.  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Feldman <br \/>\n&#8220;Surfing the Net with Kids&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\">https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b><br \/>\nBen Franklin&#8217;s Kite Experiment<\/b><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/resources\/ben-franklins-kite-experiment\/\">https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/resources\/ben-franklins-kite-experiment\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ben Franklin&#8217;s Kite Experiment Printable(** for Premium Members only)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/printables\/files\/printables-club\/ben_franklins_kite_experiment.pdf\">https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/printables\/files\/printables-club\/ben_franklins_kite_experiment.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/api.addthis.com\/oexchange\/0.8\/forward\/facebook\/offer?url=https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/resources\/ben-franklins-kite-experiment\/&#038;pubid=stnwk&#038;ct=1&#038;title=Surfnetkids:Ben Franklin&#8217;s Kite Experiment&#038;pco=tbxnj-1.0\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cache.addthiscdn.com\/icons\/v3\/thumbs\/16x16\/facebook.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Facebook\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/api.addthis.com\/oexchange\/0.8\/forward\/twitter\/offer?url=https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/resources\/ben-franklins-kite-experiment\/&#038;pubid=stnwk&#038;ct=1&#038;title=Surfnetkids:Ben Franklin&#8217;s Kite Experiment&#038;pco=tbxnj-1.0\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cache.addthiscdn.com\/icons\/v3\/thumbs\/16x16\/twitter.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Twitter\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.addthis.com\/bookmark.php?source=tbx32nj-1.0&#038;v=300&#038;url=https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/resources\/ben-franklins-kite-experiment\/&#038;pubid=stnwk&#038;ct=1&#038;title=Surfnetkids:Ben Franklin&#8217;s Kite Experiment&#038;pco=tbxnj-1.0\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cache.addthiscdn.com\/icons\/v3\/thumbs\/16x16\/addthis.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Addthis\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In June of 1752, Ben Franklin sought to prove that lightning was electrical by flying a kite in stormy weather. When Franklin touched the iron key attached to the kite&#8217;s string, he saw sparks fly between his knuckle and the metal key. But some historians doubt that this famous experiment really happened. <\/p>\n<div class=\"swp-content-locator\"><\/div>\n<p>Code Check: Ben Franklin and the Kite Experiment<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.surfnetkids.com\/images\/kid-sml-star4.gif\"><br \/>\nCode Check, a publisher of books about building and electrical codes, is not the usual educational site for middle-school students, but they feature Ben Franklin in many of their books because he &#8220;made major contributions to each of the four main disciplines of building inspection: Building, Plumbing, Mechanical, and Electrical.&#8221; This page explains Franklin&#8217;s famous experiment along with an overview of the Leyden jar used in the experiment.  &#8220;The first device capable of storing an electric charge was the Leyden jar. Invented by a German, Ewald G. von Kleist, on November 4, 1745, he made the discovery by accident.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Julian T. Rubin: Ben Franklin<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.surfnetkids.com\/images\/kid-sml-star5.gif\"><br \/>\nBecause there was no eyewitness account written about Franklin&#8217;s kite experiment, some historians argue that the experiment didn&#8217;t occur at all, and others argue that it happened differently than described.  &#8220;It doesn&#8217;t really matter if Benjamin Franklin indeed performed the kite experiment in reality. What really matters is the question if this experiment (or maybe only a theoretical proposal) is founded on sound scientific principles and as a matter of fact it is a possible experiment that enables the conclusion that lightning is an electric phenomenon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Museum of Hoaxes: The Electric Kite Hoax<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.surfnetkids.com\/images\/kid-sml-star3.gif\"><br \/>\nHistorian Tom Tucker has his own ideas about Franklin&#8217;s electrifying kite adventure, and published a book about it (&#8220;Bolt of Fate: Benjamin Franking and his Electric Kite Hoax&#8221;) in 2003.  Tucker argues that the experiment was originally proposed as a joke to get back at the British Royal Society because they had given a cold shoulder to his earlier electrical research.  &#8220;It was his way of saying, Go fly a kite in a storm! But when his suggestion reached France, where people took it seriously, Franklin decided to play along and claimed he really had conducted the experiment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b> &#8230; Click to continue to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/resources\/ben-franklins-kite-experiment\/\">Ben Franklin&#8217;s Kite Experiment<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\t<b>Printables Club Members Also Get &#8230; <\/b> <\/p>\n<p>Surfnetkids Printables Club Members also get the following  printables  to use in the classroom, the computer lab, the school library,  or to send home with students:<\/p>\n<p>Ben Franklin&#8217;s Kite Experiment Printable<br \/>Easy Science Experiments Printable<br \/>Ben Franklin Printable<br \/>Kites Printable<br \/>Lightning Printable<br \/>Static Electricity Printable<br \/>*** Are you curious?  Get your own ten-day trial membership:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/printables\/join\/\">https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/printables\/join\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Related Games<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/games\/benjamin-franklin-quiz\/\">Ben Franklin Quiz<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/games\/electricity-cw\/\">Electricity Crossword<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/games\/electricity-cwpp\/\">Printable Electricity Crossword<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Quote of the Week<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFreedom of speech is a principal pillar of a free government; when this support is taken away, the constitution of a free society is dissolved, and tyranny is erected on its ruins.\u201d ~~ Benjamin Franklin ~~ (January 17 1706 \u2013 April 17, 1790) American statesmen, author, printer, satirist. 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