Friday, December 2, 2011

Making A Battery

Testing the battery
Energy is EPIC!
In Energy, (while we were at Live Oak) we learned how to make our own battery. It was made out of nickels, pennies, and cardboard disks. The disks were soaked in salt water, because salt water conducts electricity. This was called a voltaic pile, which was an early battery. You stacked it nickle, disk, penny, disk and so on, ending with a penny. The counselor there used a little device with two wires to measure the voltage. The battery was about a volt. That's all for today. Maybe you can make a battery like this! See you next time!
Science at Live Oak!!!


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