Perfect for Classrooms and Dirt-Power Parties! (Serves 10 - 30 students)
Want to engage your students in science and engineering in a whole new way - merging disciplines like microbiology, decomposition, renewable energy, electrical engineering all in one fun and memorable experience? Or just want to have a dirt-power party? Then the Mudwatt Classroom Pack is for you!
Note: MudWatts are reusable! They just need to be cleaned between uses.
Explore the power of microbes with the MudWatt™ Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) Classroom Pack. Simply fill the vessels with soil from your backyard (or someone else's backyard), along with anything you find in your refrigerator and watch as within days the attached LED light will start to blink using only the power produced by the electricity-generating microbes in your soil!
Track the growth of your MudWatt's power and bacteria population and unlock new chapters of a comic with the free MudWatt Explorer App (available on iTunes and Google Play)!
The MudWatt is the perfect educational kit for classrooms and hobbyists since it incorporates a wide range of scientific topics. It's easy to incorporate the MudWatt into a class discussion on microbiology, soil chemistry, electrochemistry, or electrical engineering.
✔ 10x MudWatt Vessels
✔ 3x Mudwatt Digital Clocks
✔ 18x Alligator Clips (for connecting MudWatts together)
✔ Free Access to the MudWatt NGSS Teacher's Guide
✔ Free MudWatt Explorer App (available on iTunes and Google Play)!
Enjoy discovery with one of the most creative, interdisciplinary STEM educational toys for the modern world: microbiology, chemistry, and electrical engineering all in one kit!
The MudWatt Anode is designed to maximize active surface area to foster a healthy community of microbes. When the Anode is placed within the MudWatt, electricity-generating microbes will develop on its surface.
• Material: Graphite Fiber Felt
• Thickness: 0.2” (0.5 cm)
• Diameter: 3.15” (8 cm)
• Connection: 9” Titanium Wire
• Insulation Color: Green
The MudWatt Cathode is designed for maximum active surface area for the cathodic reaction to take place. At the Cathode, oxygen and protons interact with the electrons being generated by microbes at the Anode, forming water. This completes the circuit of the MudWatt Microbial Fuel Cell, and allows electrical current to be generated.
• Material: Graphite Fiber Felt
• Thickness: 0.4” (1 cm)
• Diameter: 3.35” (8.5 cm)
• Connection: 7.5” Titanium Wire
• Insulation Color: Orange
Advanced Intro to Microbial Fuel Cells
What Kind of Soil is Best to Power Microbial Fuel Cells?
Presentation: Intro to Microbial Fuel Cells
NSF MudWatt Module
Microbial Fuel Cell Homework Assignment
Microbe Pre-Assessment Activity
MudWatt Power and Population Calculator
MudWatt Assembly Tutorial | HackerPack Assembly Tutorial |
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