tip what to do...the roald dahl story company limited / quentin blake 2019 the roald dahl story...
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TOP
TIPUse the same process
to lift up feathers and
polystyrene balls.
Hold the balloon above the newts.
Command, ‘Lift up! Lift up!’ and
amaze your audience as the newts
float up without you touching them!
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YOU WILL NEED:
• TISSUE PAPER
• A PEN
• SCISSORS
• A BALLOON
• A WOOLLEN JUMPER
OR SOME FAKE FUR
• OPTIONAL: FEATHERS
AND SMALL
POLYSTYRENE BALLS
What to do:
Blow up the balloon
and rub it with the
jumper or fake fur for
at least 20 seconds.
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This activity has been taken from the book Matilda’s How to be a Genius (pages 36–37).
FLOATING FEATWhen Miss Trunchbull wrongly accuses her of putting a newt in the water
jug, Matilda feels a strange sense of power. She uses that power to tip over a water glass without touching it, spilling it on her horrible head teacher!
Use tissue paper and
a pen to trace over the newt shown above twice, then
cut them out.
1
Hold the balloon near your hair. If you feel your hair moving towards it, then the
balloon is ready!
3
While performing this trick, you discovered static electricity – a stationary electric charge produced by friction (when two objects rub together). When you rubbed the balloon, electrons jumped from
the material onto it. These electrons produced the force that pulled
on the paper newts, lifting them up!
Matilda'sPHENOMENAL FACT
MATILDA IS A WHIZZ WITH WORDS!
Can you find all the words hidden in the word search below?
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Matilda’s Wonderful
WORD QUIZ
MATILDA CRUNCHEMNEWTMAGIC
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