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If you heard the song when you said the title of this blogspot, you were most likely an eighties child too! So this project is easy as pie! Today we reviewed about magnets
and electricity. We found out how to take the energy in the
battery and transfer it to a light bulb. The experiment is very
simple and requires only the following items: 1 D Cell battery, 1
1.5 lightbulb (like the kind you would find in a flashlight), and some
bell wire (basically wiring wrapped in electrical tape). We
purchased our bell wire from Radio Shack - not a cost effective
resource unless your gas is $3.20 a gallon and it would cost you more
to drive to an alternative store! - however, I am sure you can find
what you need at Home Depot or Lowe's by the foot in the electrical
department. We
connected one end of the wire to the bottom of the battery with scotch
tape and simply held the light bulb to the positive nub of the battery
while touching the other end of the wire to the metal side of the
bulb. Voila! You have created a circuit that results in
many "ooooos" and "ahhhhhs" from your adoring students.
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