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Teach Engineering: What's the Conductivity of Gatorade?

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Students use conductivity meters to measure various salt and water solutions, as indicated by the number of LEDs (light emitting diodes) that illuminate on the meter. Students create calibration curves using known amounts of table salt dissolved in water and their corresponding conductivity readings. Using their calibration curves, students estimate the total equivalent amount of salt contained in Gatorade (or other sports drinks and/or unknown salt solutions). This activity reinforces electrical engineering concepts, such as the relationship between electrical potential, current and resistance, as well as the typical circuitry components that represent these phenomena. The concept of conductors is extended to ions that are dissolved in solution to illustrate why electrolytic solutions support the passage of currents.

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alternating current, electrical engineering concepts, electrode polarization, ac, gatorade, integrated teaching and learning program and laboratory, teachengineering, electrolyte, ion, resistor
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9th - 10th
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Science
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