Ages 6 to 11
School subjects
Teacher asks students to:
- make a battery using various foodstuffs with varying degrees of acidity (orange, lemon, potato, cola) and use it to run a small device or light a lamp; compare the results; repeat, modifying the parameters (e.g., add a lemon);
- learn why a battery or cell bears that name;
- do a research project on Alessandro Volta;
- discuss the best way to dispose of old batteries.