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title: Ice-Tray Battery Experiment | Science Activities | Extended Notes
description: Voltaic batteries turn chemical energy into the electrical energy. With this science experiment, students create voltaic batteries using ordinary items.
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# [Ice-Tray Battery Experiment | Science Activities | Extended Notes](https://www.extendednotes.com/blog/after-school-activities/ice-tray-battery)

 Written by [Admin](https://www.extendednotes.com/blog/author/admin) | Mar 26, 2015 4:00:00 AM

Voltaic batteries turn chemical energy into the electrical energy we use to power electronics. With this science experiment, student can create their own voltaic batteries using ordinary items.

 

**Materials:**

 

- Distilled white vinegar
- 5 pieces of copper wire
- 5 galvanized nails
- Ice tray
- 1 LED light
- Adult supervision

**Instructions:**

 

- Wrap a nail with a piece of copper wire, leaving a section of wire extending from below the head of the nail.
- Repeat Step 1 with the remaining 4 nails and 4 pieces of copper wire.
- Fill 6 wells of an ice tray with distilled white vinegar.
- Create a circuit by inserting each nail into a well of vinegar while placing the extended wire into the next well.
- Place one “leg” of an LED light into the well with only a copper wire inside it and place the other LED “leg” into the well with only a nail in it. If the bulb lights up, you nailed it! If the bulb doesn’t light up, flip the legs around!

Source: [http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/lab/experiments/ice-tray-battery/](http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/lab/experiments/ice-tray-battery/)

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