Voltage and Batteries

How do you connect batteries to increase their total voltage? When Alessandro Volta invented the first electric battery, he connected several individual battery cells together to create a more powerful composite battery. How did he connect them? In this investigation you will connect two batteries together and determine how to make the largest combined voltage.

Grade Level: High School

Subject: Physics

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