School student projects Make Electricity from fruits
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Procedure:
Making electricity from chemicals is based on the same scientific principles on which all modern batteries work. You insert copper and zinc electrodes in an acidic liquid and produce some electricity from the chemical reaction between your electrodes and electrolyte.
The electricity produced in this way can be displayed with a multi-meter that can show millivolts. It may also be able to produce enough electricity to get light. If you want to run or light up a device you must consider the voltage and current requirements of that device. Picture in the right shows 3 potato batteries connected in series so together they will produce enough voltage to light up a super bright LED type light source. |
Making electricity experiment can be used for many different science projects. Following are some additional research that you can perform in relation to making electricity from fruits and chemicals.
1. Experiment to see which fruits can produce electricity. | 4. Replace electrodes of your kit with other metals such as coins, nails to see which other metals can be used as electrodes. |
2. Experiment to see which fruit juices can produce electricity | 5. Test to see if such electrodes can light up a bulb. |
3. Experiment to see which other liquids such as detergents and drinks can produce electricity. | 6. If you have access to a multi meter, check to see how many volts electricity is being produced by fruits. |
Material and equipment:
Material and equipment that you need for this project are:
- Copper Electrode
- Zinc Electrode
- Multi-meter capable of measuring low voltages
- Flashlight light bulb 1.2 Volts
- Screw Base or socket for light bulb
- Wires
- Alligator clips
- Board for mounting the base and the bulb (optional)
You can purchase the material locally from a hardware store or buy it online. Make electricity science kit of MiniScience.com contains all the above material
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