Learning Intentions
- To learn how batteries create a voltage difference
- To learn how batteries operate in series and in parallel
Notes
Lab – Lemon Battery
Media
Kathy Loves Physics & History – How Volta Invented the First Battery Because He Was Jealous of Galvani’s Frog (12:04)
What would be the voltage of 500 9V batteries wired in series?
TylerTube – I Connected 500 – 9 Volt Batteries… (24:42, watch from 23:25 to 23:42 – go frame by frame to see the long arc at 23:42)
News 5 Cleveland – 9-volt batteries in your junk drawer could cause a serious fire (2:31)