Chemistry Music Video 27: You Start At The Anode

This song describes the workings of a voltaic cell, tracing the path of negative charge (external circuit: electrons through the wire, internal circuit: anions through the salt bridge). All music and lyrics copyright 2005 by Mark Rosengarten. All rights reserved.

Lyrics:

Vital to make a battery
Is this electrochemistry
You take two half-cells
And connect them up so well
With a load to power in between

You need to have electrodes, you see
Full of that metallicity
Let electrons flow
Across the salt bridge we go!
Allowing us to make electricity

We start at the anode
Electrons are lost there
And go through the wire
(And through the load on fire)
They enter the cathode
And reduce the cations
And the anions go through the salt bridge back to where?

Where?

(Repeat this six more times and end with)

The anode!!!

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• chemistry
• rosengarten
• voltaic
• electrochemical
• cell
• battery
• anode
• cathode
• electrolyte

[lifesucksallways]

i took a chem test today and earlier this week my teacher showed us this video and i put this song as my answer LOL

[MarkRosengarten]

@lifesucksallways I taught this topic today and the kids have been looking forward to this song all year long. They didn't sing along the first time, but the second time they did. "WHERE?" It was awesome. Glad it helped you out. Good luck!

[Crushfie]

Where?

[MarkRosengarten]

@Crushfie THE ANODE!!!!

[Shadowauratechno]

My bio/chem teacher had some students and I stay after school to sing your songs, this was probably our favorite

[MarkRosengarten]

@Shadowauratechno I'm performing it as the finale of this year's Teacher Talent Show this week. :)

[s2broadwaybabys2]

mr rosengarten. school has been over for a week.... and im still looking up these songs on youtube. you need a grammy.

[MarkRosengarten]

My grammy's dead...I miss her. :)

[OmgItsB0b0]

omg. Cant. Stop. Learning.!

[XoXRavenBlackXoX]

This saved me on my chem test today

[MrDaddiecool]

I love it too. The song really helped my chem class grasp what was going on in a voltaic cell. Catchy too... : )

[MsScarlettJohnson]

Luv it ;D

[Shadowauratechno]

@MarkRosengarten You should come to my school to perform it, it would be awesome