Battery Kit

$5.00 inclusive of GST

An experimental battery kit with wires and LCD clock to produce three different types of batteries using fruit, potatoes and salt.  Full instructions & worksheets at Primary School level (Grade 4+).  Drafted in Australia by Prof Bunsen Science.

The instructions describe the following battery projects:

  1. A potato battery
  2. A lemon battery
  3. A salty battery

Each kit is supplied in a zip lock bag.

Kit Components:

  • LCD clock with wires
  • Wire leads with alligator clips (4)
  • Galvanised nails (3)
  • Worksheets as a download in Word format (editable) after purchase

Items required (not included):
Three pieces of potatoes, lemons, bronze coins such as $1 coins, table salt, disposable cups

Age:  9 years +

Category: SKU: S03

Description

Any fruit or vegetable can be used as long as it contains salty or acidic juices that can act as an electrolyte.  In the case of mandarins and oranges, you need to poke the internal segments so the juices are in contact. 

For electrodes, we use Australian $1 or $2 coins as they contain 92% copper.  At the Zinc electrode, we use galvanised nails as these are zinc-plated.

Instructions

Full instructions (4 pages) available as a download in Word format after purchase (sample page below).
The instructions describe how to make potato, lemon and salty-water batteries.

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