1. Wool tends to impart rubber with a negative charge. How does that explain what happened with the balloons?

2. What happened when you placed your hand in between the balloons.

3. What happened in the bathroom with the glass rod? What kind of charge do you think the wool gave the glass rod? Was there a sound or a smell?

4. The pipes under a house are often used as a grounding source for the wiring of a home. Why does this make sense from this experiment?

5. Find out what lightning is and how it is related to static electricity, and report you findings and sources here.