Audience
Educators
Grade Levels
Grades 5-8, Informal Education
Subject
Physical Science, Energy, Flight and Aeronautics, Physics
Type
Lesson Plans / Activities
In this How Do Batteries Store and Transfer Energy activity, participants will build basic batteries from pennies and a salt/vinegar solution and test their batteries using LED lights and voltmeters. This activity provides foundational knowledge about batteries, which are used for NASA’s X-57 Maxwell, an all-electric aircraft.