Teaches real science through curiosity
Children explore how electrochemical reactions generate energy, transforming familiar foods into a working power source.
Ages 5+
Potato Clock
Green Science
$24.99
Description
Potato Clock turns your kitchen into a green-energy lab where spuds become scientists. This quirky DIY kit comes with a digital clock, copper and zinc strips, wires and connectors, everything needed to power the clock using ordinary potatoes (or even citrus fruits and soda!).
No batteries required. Kids set up the conductive circuit, watch the clock tick to life, and come away with a real, hands-on sense of how chemistry meets fun in the everyday.
Contains digital clock with wires, pots, connecting wire, transparent tapes, copper and zinc strips and detailed instructions
Educator Approved
Fosters problem-solving and experimentation
Kids test different veggies or fruits to compare performance, learning how changing one element affects outcomes. It’s a safe, playful way to tinker like a real scientist.
Builds confidence and resourcefulness
Assembling the kit and making the clock work gives proud “aha” moments while showing that science isn’t locked in textbooks, it’s out there, in your fruit or vege bowl.
Details
- Contains digital clock with wires, pots, connecting wire, transparent tapes, copper and zinc strips and detailed instructions
- Box Dimensions: 27mm x 6mm x 21mm
- Free shipping on orders $150 and over
- We aim to process your items within 3 days of ordering and dispatch within 7 days
- Shipping calculated at checkout
