Open Letter- The one with the balls

Dear Educational Video Makers-

You just made my day today. I realize I will sound like I am twenty something going on thirteen, but seriously. You.Made.My.Day!

At first, I tried to calm the students down and tell them this is serious. But hello? This is freaking hilarious.

So, thanks.

And, just in case you need a reminder, this was the video on the parts of the atom. You know protons, neutrons and electrons. And the scientist in the video was demonstrating how important the charges are in the atom. So, he took a glass rod and applied a charge to it. Now, this rod was, oh, I don't know, about 3 inches in diameter and about 10 inches long. And, he applied the charge by rubbing it down with a wool piece of fabric. Yes, rubbed it down.

Meanwhile, he has two ping pong balls that he's covered in foil suspended from fishing line side by side.

So he takes his charged rod and pushes it between the balls. Yeah. He really did.

And, the students lost it. And then he continued to say the word "balls" and demonstrate that there was a charge and the rod was repelling the balls.

But, wait, it gets better.

He then takes a dark brown metal rod (at this point, none of us are paying attention, so no idea what it was made out of) and proceeds to rub it down. And, if I may also point out, I'm pretty sure this rod was larger...both in diameter and length. After giving it a good rub down charging, he does the same thing with the balls.

And, finally, he takes the charged balls (two positive and two negative) and pushes them together to see that opposite balls attract.

Seriously? How did you come up with this?

Sincerely,
The teacher who laughed out loud in class today along with her immature students.

PS I just had to share it with you. Pardon me and my coworkers laughing in the background.