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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.

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

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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!

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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.

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