Friday, October 24, 2008

8th Grade Science: Fruit Voltage

In my science class we studied batteries.







Batteries can be made out of fruit. So each group of students brought in a different fruit to test its voltage. By connecting many fruites together, we could increase the voltage: all the way up to 4.09 volts!














Unfortunately, I forgot that to make a lightbulb light there also needs to be a significant amperage, which our fruits did not supply. Our batteries were worthless, but proved to be a fun diversion from writing hypotheses and making data tables.














I would have included pictures of my pubescent students, but it is against the law to post photos of students without permission.

1 comment:

Lynn said...

which fruit had the most voltage?