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Magnet Academy: Interactive Tutorials - Voltaic Pile

published by the Florida State University
supported by the National Science Foundation
edited by Kristen Coyne
technical implementer: Matthew J. Parry-Hill

In this interactive tutorial, users play with a simulated version of the historic "voltaic pile", commonly considered to be the world's first battery. Constructed by 18th-century scientist Alessandro Volta, the voltaic pile consisted of discs of zinc and copper alternated with pasteboard or leather moistened with brine or vinegar. Each three-disc unit comprised a single electric cell capable of producing a current. Volta's invention of the pile device was momentous because it provided the first consistent source of sustained electric current.

The Magnet Academy is part of a large collection of web-based educational materials for K-20, developed by the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory at Florida State University.

Please note that this resource requires Java Applet Plug-in.

Editor's Note: SEE RELATED MATERIALS for a biography of Alessandro Volta and a lab guide for constructing a voltaic pile battery in the classroom.

https://nationalmaglab.org/education/magnet-academy/watch-play/int...

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Education Practices - Technology = Multimedia Electricity & Magnetism - DC Circuits = Instruments - Electromotive Force and Current = Cells and Batteries General Physics - Equipment - History	- High School - Middle School - Informal Education	- Instructional Material = Interactive Simulation = Tutorial

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Intended Users:: Learner
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Formats:: application/java
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Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: © 2007 http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/micro/legal.html
Keywords:: Volta, animation, battery, current, electric cell, electric potential, historical instruments, history of electricity, history of science, interactive simulation, science history, voltaic
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created May 26, 2010 by Caroline Hall
Record Updated:: August 25, 2016 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: January 7, 2015

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This resource is part of a Physics Front Topical Unit.

Topic: Electricity and Electrical Energy
Unit Title: Electricity: A Historical Perspective

It sometimes helps students with concept formation if they can see how early scientists made momentous discoveries. In this tutorial, students play with a simulation of the voltaic pile device invented in 1800 by Volta -- commonly known as the world's first battery. Battery cells can still be assembled using this "recipe". SEE ITEM DIRECTLY BELOW for a lab to construct the voltaic pile device in the classroom.

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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/precollege/items/detail.cfm?ID=10045">Coyne, Kristen, ed. Magnet Academy: Interactive Tutorials - Voltaic Pile. Tallahassee: Florida State University, January 7, 2015.</a>

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, edited by K. Coyne (Florida State University, Tallahassee, 2007), WWW Document, (https://nationalmaglab.org/education/magnet-academy/watch-play/interactive/voltaic-pile).

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Magnet Academy: Interactive Tutorials - Voltaic Pile, edited by K. Coyne (Florida State University, Tallahassee, 2007), <https://nationalmaglab.org/education/magnet-academy/watch-play/interactive/voltaic-pile>.

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Coyne, K. (Ed.). (2015, January 7). Magnet Academy: Interactive Tutorials - Voltaic Pile. Retrieved October 5, 2024, from Florida State University: https://nationalmaglab.org/education/magnet-academy/watch-play/interactive/voltaic-pile

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Coyne, Kristen, ed. Magnet Academy: Interactive Tutorials - Voltaic Pile. Tallahassee: Florida State University, January 7, 2015. https://nationalmaglab.org/education/magnet-academy/watch-play/interactive/voltaic-pile (accessed 5 October 2024).

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Coyne, Kristen, ed. Magnet Academy: Interactive Tutorials - Voltaic Pile. Tallahassee: Florida State University, 2007. 7 Jan. 2015. National Science Foundation. 5 Oct. 2024 <https://nationalmaglab.org/education/magnet-academy/watch-play/interactive/voltaic-pile>.

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