
1. MAKE THE ELECTRODES
With a marker, divide the cardboard strip into
boxes that line up with the sections of the ice
cube tray. These will be the individual cells of the
battery.
In each section, punch one zinc nail and one
copper nail/copper wire through the cardboard,
alternating as shown in Figure
A
. Make sure the
nails are straight and are not touching each other
on the other side of the cardboard. This is easiest
to do by putting the cardboard over the ice cube
tray and then punching through by pushing down.
Here I have punched a second hole and bent the
copper wire so that it stays put.
SAFETY: Be careful as you punch the
nails through ...