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Need ideas for 6th grade science project...Lemon battery failed

Posted on 2/23/14 at 8:05 pm
Posted by Chicken
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Posted on 2/23/14 at 8:05 pm
Tried to turn a lemon into a battery but it didn't work, and we want to go another direction.

Any thoughts?
This post was edited on 2/23/14 at 8:06 pm
Posted by HailToTheChiz
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Posted on 2/23/14 at 8:05 pm to
Volcano!


Eta: isn't it a potato battery
This post was edited on 2/23/14 at 8:06 pm
Posted by When in Rome
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Posted on 2/23/14 at 8:05 pm to
You're in 6th grade? Prodigy
Posted by 4LSU2
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Posted on 2/23/14 at 8:07 pm to
How much time do you have?
Posted by Displaced
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Posted on 2/23/14 at 8:08 pm to
Just set up a basic circuit (9v battery, wire, light bulb) and have it open for a small segment. Let the topic be what metals are and aren't good conductors, ie what will make the light light up (copper, graphite, aluminum, etc.)
Posted by Paige
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Posted on 2/23/14 at 8:08 pm to
We did at what temp are magnets strongest

Used boiling them, room temp & putting them in dry ice & maybe something else
Posted by Signal Soldier
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Posted by TigerstuckinMS
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Posted on 2/23/14 at 8:08 pm to
Torn between my desire to make a snarky joke and my desire not to get banned.

COGNITIVE DISSONANCE!
Posted by Chicken
Jackassistan
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Posted on 2/23/14 at 8:08 pm to
Two weeks.
Posted by Scruffy
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Posted on 2/23/14 at 8:08 pm to
This is a pretty cool one Scruffy did.

LINK

It is an experiment about osmosis, but it looks cool because you remove the shell if an egg without rupturing it.

It takes only a few days to put together and is relatively cheap.
This post was edited on 2/23/14 at 8:09 pm
Posted by hg
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Posted on 2/23/14 at 8:09 pm to
Iron in cereal.
Posted by AutoYes_Clown
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Posted on 2/23/14 at 8:09 pm to
We need a subject or category.
Posted by When in Rome
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Posted on 2/23/14 at 8:10 pm to
This looks pretty cool.

Hovercraft

quote:

Abstract

Have you ever ridden on a hovercraft? It is like gliding on a cushion of air! In this science project, you will make your own mini hovercraft using a CD or DVD and a balloon and investigate how the amount of air in the balloon affects how long the hovercraft hovers.
Objective

Investigate how different amounts of air in the hovercraft's balloon affect how long the hovercraft can hover.
This post was edited on 2/23/14 at 8:10 pm
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
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Posted on 2/23/14 at 8:10 pm to
Could make a little galvanic couple to demonstrate how you can corrode the hell out of stuff with a battery.
Posted by shutterspeed
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Member since May 2007
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Posted on 2/23/14 at 8:11 pm to
Son did one to see if the area had acid rain (took pH readings of rain over a couple of weeks). He was invited to the regional competition for it.

Also did one on how different variables affecting crystal formation. Didn't make it out of the school competition with that one. But, then again, that was our goal after suffering through a day-long regional competition the year before.

ETA: If you want to be like most parents in the regionals, though, you could just go ahead and create the project yourself for your kid.
This post was edited on 2/23/14 at 8:13 pm
Posted by Swoopin
Member since Jun 2011
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Posted on 2/23/14 at 8:11 pm to
Maybe a social science experiment observing the waterfall effect on other boards if the ot is locked for 3 hours
Posted by Fast_Eddie
Member since Feb 2014
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Posted on 2/23/14 at 8:13 pm to
quote:

Maybe a social science experiment observing the waterfall effect on other boards if the ot is locked for 3 hours
this
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
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Posted on 2/23/14 at 8:14 pm to
quote:

Son did one to see if the area had acid rain (took pH readings of rain over a couple of weeks). He was invited to the regional competition for it.


Anything environmental is going to get attention. People tend to have a mega hard on for anything involving a solar panel. I judged a science fair one time and the kid who won made a cool little solar powered car.
Posted by Scruffy
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Posted on 2/23/14 at 8:15 pm to
quote:

Anything environmental is going to get attention. People tend to have a mega hard on for anything involving a solar panel. I judged a science fair one time and the kid who won made a cool little solar powered car.
The thing is, does Chicken want his kid to win?

Scruffy's mom used to tell him to try not to win because going to those events were such a waste of time.
Posted by Jim Rockford
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Posted on 2/23/14 at 8:15 pm to
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