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Kosher Dill Current: Make Your Own Battery!
The ExploratoriumAdd to list DetailsThis is an activity that demonstrates how batteries work using simple household materials. Learners use a pickle, aluminum foil and a pencil to create an electrical circuit that powers a buzzer....
Motorized Car
WGBHAdd to list DetailsIn this design challenge activity, learners build a car that uses a battery-operated motor to "drive" at least ten feet. Educators can use this activity as a fun, hands-on way to...
Piezoelectric One-Way Remote
The ExploratoriumAdd to list DetailsIn this activity, learners construct a device out of a piezoelectric igniter, like those used as barbecue lighters. Learners use the device to remotely start current flowing in a simple series...
Shake It Up!
American Physical SocietyAdd to list DetailsLearners drop a magnet through a coil of wire to create electric current in a circuit. LEDs in the circuit allow learners to detect the direction of current flow. Learners see that the direction in...
Circuit Board
Museum of Science and Industry, ChicagoAdd to list DetailsLearners make a circuit board that has questions and answers. When the correct answer is chosen for a question, a circuit is completed and a light illuminates. Use this activity to introduce...
Motor Bird
Community Science Workshop NetworkAdd to list DetailsIn this activity, learners build a bird that flies in place with help from a motor, wire, and some straws. This engineering activity introduces learners to circuits and motors, automata, and...