Additional Details
Students learn hands-on with the Building and Designing Batteries Kit. Students learn how to use a multimeter to measure voltage and amperage, voltage and current, calculate electrical resistance and electrode potentials, evaluate battery performance, assemble electrical circuits, and construct batteries with the 8 investigative activities included. The kit also features enough materials for 40 students working in groups of 4, as well as a DVD with PDF Teacher and Student Guides and other digital content.
Building and Designing Batteries Summary of Activities
Building a Pile Battery Voltaic Cell |
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Guided – Model Experiment |
Designing the Better Pile Battery |
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Open – Inquiry Experiment |
Building a LED Light Battery |
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Guided – Model Experiment |
Designing an Alkaline LED Light Battery |
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Open – Inquiry Experiment |
Building Earth & Microbe Batteries |
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Guided – Model Experiment |
Working with Earth Batteries |
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Going Further |
A Closer Look at Galvanic Corrosion |
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Going Further |
Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) Size & Performance |
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Going Further |
Products being sold are not toys. They are for Educational / Laboratory use only. They are not for use by children 12 and under.
What’s Included
- 3 Red LED (1.7V; 20mA)
- 5 Blue LED (3.2V; 20mA)
- 5 White LED (3.5V; 20mA)
- 1 Roll, electrical tape
- 1 Roll, copper foil tape (150cm; 60in)
- 1 Roll, insulated wire (stranded, 20 gauge)
- 200 Washers, flat, 18mm (galvanized)
- 110 Ni planchets, flat, 25mm
- 110 Zn planchets, flat, 25mm
- 10 Wire, 14 gage stranded (8-inch length)
- 1 Multimeter
- 1 Pair, wire strippers
- 10 Cups, plastic (4oz)
- 10 Cups, Styrofoam
- 10 Lids, Styrofoam
- 1 Vial, pH strips
- 10 Ruler, 6-inch (metric)
- 1 Rod, Aluminum (Al)
- 1 Rod, Copper (Cu)
- 10 Resistors, 1,000 Ω
- 1 Bag, play sand
- 10 Zip-closure bags (small)
- 20 Alligator clips
- 20 Wing nuts, galvanized
- 60 Aluminum mesh screen squares
- 100 Water color paper discs (20 mm)
- 100 Water color paper discs (25 mm)
- DVD-ROM Learning About Batteries & Electrochemistry
- Teacher Guide PDF
- Student Guide PDF
- Glossary: Batteries
- Learning About Batteries & Electrochemistry PDF
- Electrochemistry and Batteries PowerPoint
- Measuring Electrical Quantities PowerPoint
- DATA TABLE Setup in Excel Video
- CONSTRUCTING A QURTER BATTERY Video
- CHARTING DATA Setup in Excel Video
- NRL BENTHIC FUEL CELLS
- Spreadsheets: Activity 1 – Data Table 2 (Model) and 1 (Inquiry), Activity 2 – Data Table (Model & Inquiry), and Activity 3 – Data Table 2 (Model)
- Worksheets: Building a Quarter Battery with LED Lamp PDF, Galvanic Corrosion PDF, Electrode Potentials, and Grid
Required household materials for independent investigations
- 1 Bottle, lemon juice
- 1 Bottle, vinegar
- 1 Potato
- 1 Pkg., table salt
- 1 Pkg., baking soda
- 1 Tube, toothpaste
- 1 Bottle, milk of magnesia
- 1 Bottle, TIDE detergent
- 1 Roll, aluminum foil (heavy duty)
- 10 Zip-closure bags (small)
- 1 Beaker, 500mL
- 1 Potato
- 10 Pairs, scissors
- 1 Bottle, dishwashing detergent
- 200 Pennies
- 50 Nickels
- 1 D cell
- 10 Pencils
- 10 Permanent markers
- 1 Balance (readability to 0.1g)
- 1 Roll, paper towels (or absorbent cloth)
- 1 Awl
- 1 Bucket, 5 gallons (with lid)
- 1 Tablespoon
- 1 Pliers, needle-nose
- 1 Shovel (or spade) for field collection
- 1 Pair, boots (appropriate for wet conditions) for field collection