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Wikijunior:Big Book of Fun Science Experiments/Lemon battery

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To make a lemon battery you will need:

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  • A lemon
  • A penny
  • A nickel
  • Copper wire
  • An LED or calculator.

Experiment:

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  • First, use some wire to cover a penny and other piece of wire on the nickel.
  • Insert the coins in the lemon and put the other sides of the wires in the sides of the LED.
  • Then you will see the electric power of the lemon flowing in the diode.