Nsi Smithsonian 5″ Battery Operated Plasma Ball

Description

With the New Smithsonian Plasma Ball #51802 you can enjoy an incredible atomic light show right at your fingertips. Just turn it on and watch what happens when atoms collide with each other and energized electrons. Watch your fingertips create amazing light effects as you observe how colliding atoms release energy in the form of light waves. Recommended for ages 14+ the plasma ball also responds to sound and music and comes packaged with STEM educational content. Learn how the glass ball is filled with gases and how just as heating a liquid causes it to boil heating a gas forms plasma – a soup of positively charged particles (ions) and negatively charged particles (electrons). And learn how the phenomenon you ll witness inside the plasma ball occurs in the night sky where plasma glows in the form of lightning stars nebulas and the Northern Lights. Multi Colored. Item Requires 6 AA (1.5V) batteries (not included).