Make Electricity from fruits
(Complete kit available at www.MiniScience.com)
Introduction:
This project is one of the most famous electricity projects that can be performed successfully by most students in the age of 10 to 16. Since the same method is used to get energy from many fruits and chemicals, this project has many names. Following are some of the other names or titles for this project:
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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 power up a 1.2 Volts light bulb. 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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Make electricity Kit: |
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Additional Materials Required: Additional Materials Required for your experiments can be found at home or purchased locally. Some of these material are:
- Plastic or ceramic cup
- Fruits for test
Opportunities for Science Fair Projects
Experiment to see which fruits and liquids that you can find at home can produce enough electricity detectable by multi-meter. Will that electricity be enough to light up a light bulb?
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