Below is a picture of my daughter from last fall. She briefly turned her soccer goal into a fort/tent with a blanket on top, and (as you can see) some serious static electricity was produced!
After reading the short article AND contemplating some of your own experiences with static electricity, answer the following questions in a comment on this blog post:
- What causes "Static Electricity"?
- What does static electricity have to do with chemistry, atoms, and an atom's structure?