How a Battery Works
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Article, with Lemon Battery Experiment
This is one of the more popular in a series of science articles for kids by Science Made Simple and includes the lemon battery experiment.
Topics covered:
- How batteries work in general.
- Energy, electric charge, battery voltage, current and electricity, electrical circuits (series circuits and parallel circuits), and more.
- Different kinds of batteries (alkaline battery, carbon zinc battery, rechargeable battery) and how each of them work.
Projects included:
- Make a lemon battery - Learn why some lemon batteries work, but most won't!
- Make a salt water battery
Each science article has four sections:
- The main section gives a clear, detailed answer to the question.
- "I Can Read " pages are written in simple, clear language for young readers.
- "Learn More About It" pages are more difficult and cover additional information in more depth
- Projects related to the topic.
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