Static Charge Lab In the first part of the lab, two insulators, plexi-glass and a Styrofoam plate, are charged by means of friction by rubbing the two insulators against one another. Each insulator is used to charge a metal pan conductor by placing it near the insulator, known as induction. Grounded neon bulbs were touched to the charged conductor to indicate the direction of electron flow. In the second part of the lab, a charged metal pan was used to store charge in a Leiden Jar capacitor. The charged conductor was touched to the outside metal of theNeon bulbs were used to show the direction of electron flow and prove the Leiden Jar acted as a capacitor by storing the charge and not creating a circuit. The apparatuses used were plexi-glass, a Styrofoam plate, a neon bulb and a metal pan for the first part of the experiment. In the second part, a Leiden Jar was made by wrapping aluminum foil around the outside and inside of the Styrofoam cup and connecting a neon bulb on each side. Plexi-glass and Styrofoam were rubbed against each other to charge by friction. We placed a metal pan above the Styrofoam without touching to charge by induction. A neon bulb, which has two indicator lights to determine the flow of electrons, was touched to the metal pan. When the neon bulb was touched to the metal pan the light on the pan side lit up indicating that the electrons were flowing out of the metal pan. The charges flowing out prove that the Styrofoam insulator was negatively charged because the electrons were free to leave the metal pan making the metal pan positively charged. The metal pan was then moved away from the Styrofoam and discharged using a grounded neon bulb. When the neon bulb was touched to the metal pan the light on the ground side lit up indicating electrons were flowing back into the pan. The electrons flowing back into the pan to make it neutral go