Build a working replica of the basic electrochemical cell – the voltaic pile – constucted by Alessandro Volta in 1800, the world’s first battery.
Languages: English
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Why Does the Wind Blow?
Air has mass and exerts pressure on the earth’s surface. Differences in pressure cause the air to move! These demonstrations illustrate just how considerable that pressure can be!
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Fruit and Vegetable Power!
Use ordinary fruit and vegetables to create a simple functioning battery.
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Build a Simple Electric Guitar
A powerful magnet is the essential component for getting the classic rock and rool guitar sound!
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Dissecting an Owl Pellet
Explore the ingredients of an owl’s last meal by exploring its regurgitated stomach contents. Yuck! But amazing, too!
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Build a Working Compass
With a magnet, and needle, and a bowl of water, you can tie in to the earth’s magnetic field!
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What Does a Sparkplug Do?
Replicate the controlled explosions unleashed inside your car engine hundreds of times every second!
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Junk Raft
Marcus Eriksen & Joel Paschal sailed from California to Hawaii the on a raft made almost entirely of plastic garbage to raise awareness of the world’s largest “junkyard” in the North Pacific Gyre.
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Engineering Sound Effects
Radical Entertainment’s Sound Effects Designer, Cory Hawthorne, shows us how much work went into making the awesome sound effects for their blockbuster videogame, “Prototype.”
