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| project? Ok, I know, when that time comes around | | | | positive terminal in the clocks battery compartment. |
| each year and the flyers come home from school that | | | | Then take the other alligator clip and connect it to the |
| there is a science project coming up you probably | | | | nail in potato number two and then connect it to the |
| cringe at the thought. All you can think about is all the | | | | negative terminal in the clocks battery compartment. |
| time and money you have to spend on doing a | | | | Then using the third alligator clip to connect the nail in |
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| 1. Use items you have around the house. 2. Find | | | | battery work and use the potato clock as your |
| something that is fast and easy. You don’t need to | | | | example of how a battery works. This can be a fun |
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| 3. Choose something that takes the ordinary, and | | | | will look forward to doing them. If your child knows that |
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| that is simple, fast, affordable and fun is a potato | | | | are going to dread science projects too. But if you |
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| a potato rather than a real battery. All you will need is | | | | will help your children want to be more involved with |
| two potatoes, two short pieces of heavy copper wire, | | | | how science works and what science has to offer. So |
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