How Things Work. Mystery Glow-Ball: When Is a Battery Not a Battery?.

Crane, H. Richard, Ed.

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ERIC Number: EJ407508

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1989

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How Things Work. Mystery Glow-Ball: When Is a Battery Not a Battery?

Crane, H. Richard, Ed.

Physics Teacher, v27 n8 p630-31 Nov 1989

Examines the working mechanism of a commercial "Mystery Glow-Ball" by analyzing its electronic circuitry. Finds that the advertising for the ball is wrong; energy actually came from inserting a battery. (YP)

Descriptors: College Science, Electric Batteries, Electric Circuits, Electronics, Equipment, Higher Education, Physics, Science Equipment, Science Materials, Toys

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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