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National Static Electricity Day
January 9, 2022
from first4magnets.com:
Every year national static electricity day is celebrated on the 9th January. This day is dedicated to the observance of static electricity and investigates how we may cause it. Static electricity is vastly different from the electrical current that is carried through wires. Static electricity is formed when two insulators are rubbed together, generating a static field of imbalanced positive and negative charged ions in an atom. When the charged insulators encounter a conductor, the charge is then released giving a small shock. Materials like plastic, cloth and glass can be classed as insulators. While electrons of these substances do not move freely, the electrons on other materials like metals moves more freely and are classed as conductors.
For more information and some suggestions on what to do on this day, check out the website further.
Other websites with ideas include:
Bill Nye The Science Guy (Static Electricity episode)