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Electrical Engineering and Energy experiments:
- Potato or Pickle Battery – hook up a light bulb to a potato or pickle and with voltage show that the light bulb can shine, discuss electrolytes
- Materials Needed: Pickle or Potato, electrical leads, light bulb, battery
- Coin Battery – Make a battery out of coins and use a voltmeter to measure the voltage, look at difference of voltage by adding more coins and discuss the components of a battery
- Materials Needed: cleaned pennies and nickels, paper towels, vinegar, table salt, container, aluminum foil, voltmeter
- Resource: https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project-ideas/Energy_p015/energy-power/make-a-battery-from-coins
- Hydrogen Fuel Cell – Demonstrate how making a fuel cell can give power to an LED and discuss renewable energy efforts
- Materials Needed: water, container, salt, pencils, positive and negative lead, battery for electrolysis, and LED light
- Makey Makey Piano or Video Game – Demonstrate how bananas or graphite pencils can be electrically conductive and create keys to play a simple game or keys for a piano
- Materials Needed: Makey Makey kit with clips and control board, green bananas, graphite pencils, computer with USB
- Snap Circuits – Use to light up an LED
- Materials Needed: Snap Circuits kit
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