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Safe Electricity Experiments for Kids
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Safe Electricity Experiments For Kids
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This tutorial brings to you a range of physics experiments concerning the topic: of electricity. We use electricity in our daily lives and has become a basic necessity for everybody. Therefore, it becomes important to understand the dynamics related to its working. And this tutorial will exactly teach you all the important know-how that you need to have about the topic. So, without wasting any further time, let’s start with the tutorials.
Simple Electronics Project Experiment For Kids
Image Source/Tutorial: Babble Dabble Do
The first experiment among the entire set will teach you to make magic wands using LED lights. It technically mixes craft with science. You just need some coin cells, wires, sticks, and electric tape to make this craft. Be careful while dealing with the material mentioned above and try to involve an adult in the experiment. It will teach you to produce electricity through a coin cell. The experiment can be great for kids from the age group of 8-10 years old. To learn more about the experiment, follow the activity below. You can also use these lights as home decor.
Fun static electricity activity For Kids
Image Source/Tutorial: Create Play Travel
This tutorial will teach you basic rules if physics through a simple experiment. You just need some soapy water to do this experiment. The experiment is very simple and easy to do which makes it appropriate for all age groups even 4-6 year old kids. It is a practical example that will teach you about static electricity. Click the link below to know more about the experiment.
Radio Bottle Electricity Project For Students
This tutorial will introduce you to crystal radio technology which will help you catch signals from radios. You just need a glass bottle, metallic wires an entire receiver made out of wood and screws. This seemingly complicated experiment is explained in quite simplified terms in the tutorial below. It will teach you some great laws of science at the same time teaching you to make a fun gadget. The tutorial must be appropriate for 9-11-year-old kids. See the tutorial below to learn more about it. Use this radio bottle to catch the signals from your nearest radio station as a fun activity with your friends.
Modern Art Steady Hand Game Activity For Kids
Image Source/Tutorial: Left Brain Craft Brain
This tutorial will test the steadiness and dexterity of your hands. The craft in the tutorial is inspired by modern art, thus teaching you a very professional and unique art form. You just need metallic wire and pliers to make this craft. The ease of the craft makes it apt for small kids from 5-7 age group to do this activity. Have a look at the tutorial below to learn more. Don’t forget to hang the art on the walls of your room.
Homopolar Motor STEM Project
Image Source/Tutorial: Babble Dabble Do
This tutorial will teach you to make wire sculptures and not just any sculptures but dancing ones. You just need a battery cell and metallic wire to make it. The electric field created by the cell will allow the wires to move making it look like they are dancing. This fun craft can be done by kid of the age group 7-9 years old. Click the link below to learn more about the tutorial. Be careful while dealing with the cell. It would be better to perform the experiment under adult supervision. You can place these dancing sculptures on your study table as decoration.
Simple Science Lemon Battery Activity
Image Source/Tutorial: Fizzics Education
This tutorial will teach you the flow of electricity and how it actually travels. You need a multimeter, a lemon, and coins of two different metals to do this experiment. The experiment is very basic and safe, therefore making it approachable for kids aged between 5-7 years. The multimeter connected to the lemon will measure the electricity passing through the lemon with the help of the coins. Follow the tutorial below to know more.
Easy Play Dough Circuits Experiment
This tutorial will teach you to make a simple and easy circuit that can be made anywhere. You just need clay dough and a multimeter to make this craft. You can shape the circuit as you desire and select the color of your own choice as well. You can see the circuit created in the picture below is a heart-shaped one containing blended shades of red and green. It can be appropriate for the age group of 8-10-year-old kids. Have a look at the tutorial below to learn more about the experiment.
Dirt Battery Experiment Project For Kids
Image Source/Tutorial: Teach Beside Me
This tutorial will teach you to make a very important electrical object: a battery. This battery is simple to make and requires a few materials to complete. You just need an ice tray, screws, wires and dirt or mud to make it. This experiment will acquaint you with the very important object that acts as the storage house for electricity. The suitability of the experiment in terms of age can be placed for the age groups of 9-11-year-old kids. Learn more about the tutorial by following the link below. Please conduct the entire experiment under adult supervision. You can also use this battery to generate electricity on a small level.
Easy Rainbow Salt Circuit Experiment
Image Source/Tutorial: Steam-Powered Family
This crafty and fun tutorial will teach you to make a circuit with lights. You just need battery cells, LEDs, salt, and food coloring to make this circuit. The lights in this circuit will be rainbow lights making the experiment more of an art and craft thing. You will be using salt in this experiment to make the circuit work. You can place this circuit in your room as aesthetic light.
Balloon Experiment Activity For Kids
Image Source/Tutorial: Science Buddies
This experiment will teach you some basic rules and practicality of electrostatic force using just one object. You just need an inflated balloon to do this experiment. Place the balloon above your head and feel your hair sticking up to the balloon. You can do this experiment with your friends and classmates as a fun activity. Its simplicity and basic nature make it suitable for the age group of 4-6-year-old kids. Have a look at the tutorial below to learn more about the phenomenon.
Electric Field Detector Science Project
Image Source/Tutorial: Science Buddies
This project will help you understand the electric field, another important concept in electricity. You just need a breadboard, a battery, LED and a plastic cup to do this experiment. The experiment and the concept related to it is very pivotal for the understanding of electricity. It needs to be done under adult supervision, therefore, making it appropriate for the age group of 10-11-year-old kids. You can submit it as a science project in your school. Click the link below to know more about the experiment.
Materials Conduct Electricity Experiment For Adult
Image Source/Tutorial: Science Buddies
This tutorial will teach you about electricity-conducting materials. You just need a flashlight, a battery, and different metallic materials found at home to do this experiment. The materials will allow you to learn about their electric conductivity. It will also teach you about different types of circuits. Due to its nature, the experiment is only suitable for grown-ups and adults. Follow the tutorial below to learn more about the experiment.
Light Bulb Resistors Science Project
Image Source/Tutorial: Science Buddies
This tutorial will teach you to make a circuit including a bulb. You just need a small light bulb, alligator clip leads, batteries, and a pencil. Yes! you will learn to create a circuit using a pencil. The material used in the experiment qualifies it to be useful for the age group of 9-11-year-old kids. Adult supervision is a no-brainer for such experiments. You can do this experiment with your friends as a group project for school. Take a look at the tutorial below to make this science project.
Fun Electric Paint Art Project
Image Source/Tutorial: Science Buddies
This experiment combines science and craft. It actually uses electricity to create a craft. You just need some batteries, leads and some paint do do this experiment. The leads will make a painting on its own due to the help of the charge generated by the battery cells. After completion, you can hang the painting on the walls of your room. You can also submit it in school as both a science and art project. The basic nature of the experiment makes it appropriate for the age group of 5-7-year-old kids. Follow the tutorial below to learn more about the activity.
How To Make Coin Battery
Image Source/Tutorial: Science Buddies
This simple tutorial will teach you to make a battery and electric charge using just coins. You will be needing some coins and an LED to make this coin battery. It will teach you about the conductivity of metals. Its simple nature makes it suitable for kids aged 6-8 years. But it is still advised to do the experiment under adult supervision. Have a look at the tutorial below to know more about the activity. You can use this light in your room at night while you sleep as it won’t disturb you at all.
Electrical Potato Battery Science Project
Image Source/Tutorial: Science Buddies
This tutorial will teach to make a battery out of a potato. You just need some alligator clip leads, a multimeter, potatoes, and zing electrodes to make this battery. Apart from learning about batteries, you will also learn about circuits in this tutorial. Its suitability ranges from the age group of 8-10-year-old kids. It should necessarily be done under the supervision of adults. Follow the experiment below to learn more about this science project. You can submit it in school as a science project.
Human-Powered Energy Experiment
Image Source/Tutorial: Science Buddies
This experiment will teach you to make a circuit using magnets. You just need a solder-less breadboard, LEDs, alligator clip leads, and magnets to make this circuit. The circuit and the energy produced will be entirely human-powered. Apart from that, you will also get to learn about magnets in this tutorial. It’s appropriate for the age group of 7-9-year-old kids. You don’t need adult supervision to do this experiment but still be careful while doing it. Follow the tutorial below to learn more about the experiment. You can use this LEDs for your room as cool fairy lights.
Simple Electrical Motor Science Project Idea
Image Source/Tutorial: Science Buddies
This tutorial will teach you to make an electrical motor using some basic materials. You need a number of objects to make this motor like magnetic wires, screws, nails, cardboard boxes, small plastic sheets, LED lights, etc. The complicated nature of the experiment makes it suitable for the age group of 13-14-year-old kids. You can put this motor to multiple uses in your daily life or submit it as a science project in school. Follow the link below to know how to make this interesting motor science project.
This brings an end to all the experiments mentioned in this tutorial and you can now say that you have a great practical understanding of electricity. It had to offer something for each age group even adults. They varied from simple, to intermediate to complex in terms of understanding. Some experiments involved single basic material like a balloon and some required a number of objects like the motor experiment. Follow all the tutorials mentioned above to learn about electricity and the laws related to it.
Keep following the tutorials to learn more about such fun educational content. See you in the next tutorial. Till then, good luck and goodbye.
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