38 Comments
- TheAngryMob, on 10/10/2007, -0/+15Just order any battery with "Sony" on the label. Done and done.
- Jolene, on 10/10/2007, -0/+14I read the title as "How to create a lemon party". Don't know why...
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+13ZOMG! Welcome to grade school science class! :o
http://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/sci/lemonbattery.html - m0d3s7m1k3, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6This kid needs a AAA battery and a kleenex.
- jlewicki, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5a mojito uses limes
- mc7winkie, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5I thought it said how to create a lemon party.
*ducks* - elnerdo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3*shudder*
- daleeburg, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3so can you cook lemons by short circuiting them?
- pumacub, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3I read the same thing...
I'm like, no thanks, I don't need to recreate that. - v413, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2This guy got meaning of cathode/anode mixed. According to him the cathode is "+" and anode is "-" which is wrong. It is the other way around.
- Scotty87, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1nice school project.
- arcooke, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1.. brought to you by your neighborhood 13 year old.
- sizbo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1So I guess I'm like the 6th twisted ***** to misread the title as "lemon party" and found it funny enough to post about it. Inter
- sus3k, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1looks like a lemon party to me! lemonparty dot org... eww
- ambrosious, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2It's power "an" LED, not "a" LED.
Cool video though. - didoubleg, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2and watch the price of lemons go up
- Otto, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Also:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemon_battery - resplence, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I first learned about this in a Back to the Future cartoon when Doc and Marty used a lemon tree to power up the Delorean so they could come back from what I think was Isaac Newton's period... or pre-historical times or something.
Dugg for making me nostalgic. - MrPig, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Failure to speak in coherent sentences comes hand-in-hand with grade school science class I guess.
- jb4300, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1They're sucking the remaining life from that poor lemon!!! This is why we shouldn't eat OR EXPERIMENT WITH fruits and vegetables...we can't possibly understand their complex feelings. We should stick to just meat instead, it's just a more level playing field.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1At first I thought this said 'how to create a lemon party'. Take 1 Steve Jobs, 15,000 ipod owners, 1000 iphone users and mix them all up. Oh wait, they're already mixed up.
- P373Y, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3but will it blend?
- Otto, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2The nail is iron. The penny is mostly zinc (99.2% according to the US mint).
This makes the penny into the anode and the nail into the cathode. Electrons come off the penny and flow to the nail. Moving electrons = electricity flowing. This actually prevents the nail from rusting by oxidizing the penny. - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1No. The nail is galvanized, meaning its an iron nail coated in zinc to prevent rust. Pennies have a zinc core, but are coated in copper.
- imnojezus, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Man... my initial reaction to the headline was, "Why the hell would anyone want to create a lemon party?!"
Stupid internet has ruined me. - phattenors, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0That's too cool!
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1I dont understand how the nail and penny can be defined as the cathode or anode.
- spilk, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0What I want to know is what a 12 year old kid who can barely explain voltage and current is doing with a Fluke multimeter.
- RedHeadedFreak, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Just an example of how the internet has warped my perceptions:
When I first saw the title of this video, I read it as "How to create a lemon party." If you don't know what lemon party is...google it...at your own risk of course. - MCCULLAH, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0noone knows this? i remember like everyone doing this for their 8TH GRADE SCIENCE FAIR!
ps. this guys voice is very annoying - frankglez, on 03/26/2009, -0/+0http://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/sci/lemonbattery.html
14. Because the two metals are different, the electrons get pushed harder in one direction than the other. If the metals were the same, the push would be equal and no electrons would flow. The electrons flow in one direction around in a circle and then come back to the lemon battery. While they flow through the clock, they make it work. This flow is called electric current.
15. This is hard to understand. So, if you need it explained to you again, be sure to talk to a parent or a teacher. - jb4300, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0PETFV > PETA
Preach on. - rinaus, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0I like lemon with tea, but this one can contribute to green environment
- rhnv14, on 10/10/2007, -2/+0I prefer my lemons with mohitos, but this one is a nice one as well...
- L4WL3RS34L, on 10/10/2007, -6/+2WTF...enough with the science lesson, this is summer.
- booly3412, on 10/10/2007, -7/+1I should plant a lemon tree where my car baterry is...
- mayaesh, on 10/10/2007, -6/+0This could be the solution for the world's energy crisis


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