Battery Basics
Build a Pumpkin Battery – It’s Real Easy
You will need the following materials if you want to build a pumpkin battery at home…
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Battery Experiments
Assemble a Battery for School Kids
We use batteries in flashlights, cellphones, and laptop computers, without giving them a second thought.…
Battery Experiments
Make a Photovoltaic Cell with a Diode
Diodes are two-terminal, asymmetric electronic components. They conduct current in one direction, owing to their…
Battery Experiments
Experiment to Make a Light Bulb
There’s been a slight change of plans from last week.We came across something that challenged…
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Prove the Principles of Electromagnetism
Did you visit a metal-recycling site, and watch them lifting scrap with a giant magnet?…
Battery Experiments
Experiment to Measure Capacitor Resistance
We’ve been writing about capacitors and their history lately. So we decided it was time…
Battery Experiments
How to Build a Leyden Jar and Charge It Up
If you have been following recent posts in this blog, then you’ll know Leyden capacitors…
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Make a Baghdad Battery of Your Own
The Baghdad Battery could have been the world’s first storage cell, but we may never…
Battery Experiments
Build a Battery-Power Electric Train
Hyperloop intends to create electric trains operating with magnets and levitation, and shooting through tubes…
Battery Experiments
Build a Battery With a Can of Soda
You could build a battery with many materials you could easily lay your hands on…