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Electrical Current

  • Build your own rain alarm in this simple experiment

    Many electrical devices are used as early warning systems such as burglar alarms, electric fencing systems and many more....

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  • Listen to the news by building your own foxhole radio

    A foxhole radio basically consists of only a coil and a detector. You don't need a crystal diode or...

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  • Build your own intruder detector in this simple experiment

    In this science experiment we will be learning more about electrical current, and how electrical circuits are useful to...

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  • Test your friends coordination with this electrical device

    When a flash light is switched on, a simple electrical current is instantly completed as the 'electrons' flow from...

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  • Learn about the concepts of voltage compared to amperage

    For people to advance in the field of electricity it is very important to learn the difference between two...

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  • Make a quiz board with an electrical circuit connected in series

    When electrical components are connected 'in series', it means that they are connected one after another in a chain....

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  • Demonstrate how a fuse protect an appliance from excess current flow

    A 'fuse' is used to prevent an appliance from drawing too much current and is also used in electrical...

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  • Test and compare popular brands of batteries with each other

    Battery commercials and ads always boast how their brand is the very best. Surely, these brands cannot all be...

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  • Use a solar powered calculator to measure light levels

    In the following science experiment, use the solar cell on a solar powered calculator as a light-measuring device to...

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  • Find out which battery terminal is positive and which is negative

    How would you know which terminal of a battery is positive and which is negative if it were not...

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