Curations for the Curious: Plasma Ball

The ball is not filled with air. It is filled with noble gases. Nikola Tesla invented the plasma ball.
More to Learn:

• About Plasma http://www.scienceinschool.org/content/plasma-fourth-state
• About Plasma Balls https://wonderopolis.org/wonder/how-does-a-plasma-ball-work
• About Nicola Tesla: borrow this Tesla graphic novel lhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15747443-the-inventor

Now Your Turn:

• Build your own plasma ball: LOL just kidding - the central stick is a high voltage electrode, so, no, you can’t make your own, but you can try some of these cool experiments at this link, including using it to make a flourescent light glow http://www.scienceinschool.org/content/plasma-fourth-state
• There’s this big Tesla v. Edison beef on the nerd interweb. Research each scientist and take a side.