It's Electric!

I am having a hair-raising time trying to whittle down all of the ideas that are bouncing around in my head for my science fair topic. I mean, what did I think was a cool in elementary school? For a few days I was dead set on doing a project on organic versus non-organic bananas and their rate of decay, but then I realized that 8 year olds are most likely not that interested in brown bananas or whether or not they cost .30 more a pound. Then it struck me, I actually already wrote about an excellent science fair topic in my first blog post, the old rub-a-balloon-on-your-head-so-you-look-like-the-bride-of-frankenstein-trick. Static electricity is SO COOL, and with a little help from the googles I've explored so many different spoooooky ways you can explain how electricity of the static nature works, like making a mini ghost or mummy dance with the help of a balloon. I'm super excited to work on my project in reverse and teach a lesson in the mean time, which is a first for me in the world of science experimentation. I've never gotten to impart how neat I think science is on little people, and I'm excited to use the same methodology I will teach upon and expect from my future students to arrive at what I already know to be true.