The next week: A penny battery

A penny battery seemed insane, especially at the beginning of the year.

The penny battery started off by getting all the materials, which were:

• 5 pennies, 1 with both sides of copper and 4 with 1 side of copper and 1 side of scraped copper.
• A small metal piece, which is where I'm going to be putting the penny stack.
• 4 small pieces of paper.
• Vinegar and salt.

This is the setup of the penny battery, the pennies are stacked up with pieces of paper in between, the pieces of paper were socked in vinegar and salt, and all of it is on top of the small metal piece.

Then I noticed that the metal piece was not necessary and that the pieces of paper were too big so I fixed the battery, at the same time I used the voltage meter and it gave me 2.6v which is quite a lot because a triple-A battery is 1.5v.

With the 2.6v in my battery, it was now time to try lighting up an LED, this was actually one of my favorite experiences in the shop class.

I learned a lot throught the process of making this battery.