Homemade Van de Graaff Video
Here's a how to video on the construction of a Van de Graaff generator. The challege on such machines is always how to construct the dome. I love this guy's solution of using two stainless bowls from Ikea. Watch and learn:
Fun with Static Electricity
As a kid, I always enjoyed winter, because that's when the humidity was low enough to perform static electricity experiments. I'd collect the pith from the stalks of my mother's hydrangias to work with.