This was the first year to have the 5th graders do a science experiment project. Kylee decided to do a lemon battery experiment she had read about. She understood how it was supposed to work and had written up the report and results before doing the experiment. But when it came down to actually doing the experiment it wasn't quite working as she expected. At first she refused to modify the methods because she had already printed them for the poster. But with the due date looming and no functional battery, she had a couple of stressful days as she and Matt made multiple trips to Home Depot and Radio Shack trying different materials for copper and zinc leads, different types of lights, and arrangements of the lemons. Finally they figured out a functional setup and Kylee breathed a deep sigh of relief.
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