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Two potatoes sit, each in their own plate. One potato sits in salt water while the other sits in regular potable water.

Potato battery, a science fair experiment, utilizing two potatoes to power a small electronic calculator.

An experiment that shows the growth of the potato when partially submerged in water. Track the progress and learn where the nutrients are stored in the potato and discover the important roles that leaves and roots have with this vegetable that grows…

Diced, boiled potatoes lie in a bucket drizzled with some hot water as they are being liquidized by an electric hand-held mixer.

See if a raw potato or a mashed potato can produce a higher voltage! Measure how the voltage and current of potato batteries change when you combine them in series or parallel.

A number of potatoes rest on top of a "bridge" made out of posters and toilet paper rolls. Try to construct a solid enough bridge to hold at least five potatoes!

With a beaker and potato slices (or whole potatoes), this experiment tries to see how potatoes react in different types of water solutions.