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    The document describes a science project where students build a simple electrical circuit using a battery, light bulb, copper wires, and aluminum foil electrodes to light the bulb. The circuit is then tested by submerging the electrodes in water, which does not complete the circuit, and saltwater, where the salt ions allow electricity to flow and light the bulb.

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    The document describes a science project where students build a simple electrical circuit using a battery, light bulb, copper wires, and aluminum foil electrodes to light the bulb. The circuit is then tested by submerging the electrodes in water, which does not complete the circuit, and saltwater, where the salt ions allow electricity to flow and light the bulb.

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    Saltwater Circuit

    SCIENCE PROJECT

    What You Need:


    Glass cup or beaker Insulated copper wire Aluminum foil
    Alligator clips Salt (table salt) 3.7-volt light bulb in a socket
    Distilled Water 9-volt battery Popsicle sticks

    What You Do:


    1. Wrap two tongue depressors in aluminum foil. These will be your electrodes.
    2. Cut three 6-inch pieces of insulated copper wire and strip a half-inch of
    insulation off each end.

    3. Connect one end of a wire to the positive terminal of the battery - hold it in
    place with alligator clips. (If you are using a battery cap, connect it to the red
    wire.) Connect the other end of the wire to the light bulb socket. (Just wrap
    the wire around the bottom of the bulb, if you don't have a socket. You may
    have to secure it with tape.)

    4. Take the second piece of wire and connect the light bulb socket with one of
    the electrodes. Use masking tape to stick the bare end of the wire on the
    aluminum foil near the top of the electrode.

    5. Use the third piece of wire to connect the negative terminal of the battery
    with the other electrode.

    6. Test out your circuit by touching the two electrodes together. This should
    complete the circuit and allow electricity to flow from one terminal of the
    battery to the other, lighting up the light bulb in the process. If the bulb
    doesn't light up, check your wire connections to make sure they are all
    secure, and then try again.

    Home Science Tools. All rights reserved. Reproduction for personal or classroom use only.
    SALTWATER CIRCUIT PROJECT - CONTINUED
    How to Test a Circuit in Water
    1. Pour one cup of water into a cup or beaker. (If you have distilled water, that
    will work best.)

    2. Put the two electrodes in the cup, but don't let them touch each other.
    What happens to the light bulb?

    3. Remove the electrodes from the cup and then stir in a teaspoon of salt until
    it dissolves. Put the electrodes in the saltwater without touching them
    together. Watch the light bulb.

    What Happened:
    The light bulb lit up because the sodium and chlorine ions conducted the
    electricity (an electrical current) from one electrode to the other.

    The negative electrode is the anode and the positive electrode is the cathode.
    The electrons naturally flow from the negative anode toward the positive
    cathode because the electrons are negatively charged. The flow of electrons
    through that wire is electricity.

    This completed the simple circuit, causing the light bulb to illuminate.
    Try adding more sodium chloride (salt) and see if the light bulb illuminates
    brighter. Use a buzzer instead of a light bulb and see if more or less salt in the
    water makes the buzzer ring louder or softer.

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