Our local children's museum had posted about doing a penny activity; it sounded like something my kids would like so I followed
this one and it was very simple and fun! The write up for it was very straightforward and easy to follow. The pennies get shiny very quickly (part 1 of the experiment), but the second part takes a bit longer.
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| Setting up. |
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| Starting the experiment. |
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| Pennies right after they went in. |
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| Shiny! |
After the pennies were done, we removed them to dry and added other items for the second part of the experiment.
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| Wow! Watch the experiment carefully - check on it every 10 minutes or so. |
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| The bolt was in the solution halfway - you can really see the copper plating. |
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| One control screw, one copper plated screw. |
What will you try to copper plate?
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