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The Catatumbo lightning events are unique phenomenon in the world. Known to be the most electric place on Earth, with 250 lightning flashes per square kilometer each year.

• link: https://earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/sensing-our-planet/the-maracaibo-beacon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzFp6pgXgxk

Cute alternative activity for kite building

• link: https://www.instructables.com/id/A-Garbage-Bag-Kite/

In this experiment, you will build an electroscope and use it to determine whether objects have an electric charge. An electroscope has two metal strips that hang down. When you hold a negatively charged object near the strips, the excess electrons move into the strips, causing them both to have a negative charge. Because they both have the same charge, they will repel each other and move apart. When you remove the charged object, the strips will lose their negative charge and hang down, as before.

• link: http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/suic/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow

We’ve all had the experience: you’re walking across a soft carpet, you reach for the doorknob and … ZAP. But what causes this trademark jolt of static electricity? Anuradha Bhagwat sheds light on the phenomenon by examining the nature of matter.

• link: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-science-of-static-electricity-anuradha-bhagwa