Materials List:
The Power of Food
https://www.teachengineering.org/activities/view/cmu_fruit_activity1
Each group needs:
- Pre-Activity Reading and Food Circuits Worksheet, one each per student
- 2 oranges
- 2 potatoes
- 2 lemons
- 2 limes
- 2 grapefruits
- 6 Styrofoam cups (more or less depending on how many liquid options are available)
- 15-20 wires with alligator clips on both ends
- 6 LED lights (an option is to buy diodes with their positive and negative ends color coded)
- 10+ pennies
- 10+ nickels
- 10+ paper clips
- 1 foot of copper wire
- 10+ galvanized nails
- clear tape
- multimeter
- safety glasses
- assorted other wires
Note: Adding other assorted materials provides additional opportunities for experimentation.
To share with the entire class
- 5 oz. (~150 ml) of bleach
- 5 oz. (~150 ml) of 4-5 types of sodas (Coke™, Sprite™, orange, Mountain Dew™, etc.)
- 5 oz. (~150 ml) of vinegar
- extra materials that did not split evenly between groups (for example, any extra fruits or potatoes)