October is Fire Prevention Month
Fire Prevention Month is focused on tips to prevent battery fire hazards through safe battery charging and care.
Here are some of our favorite Xplorlabs resources to share in your classroom during Fire Prevention Month to help students understand the science behind battery safety.
How does overcharge relate to thermal runaway?
Learn more about how overcharging a device can lead to thermal runaway.
In this interactive, students can examine the impact of two different chargers on a hoverboard.
Thermal runaway engineering design challenge
Charging your device is a transformation of energy, resulting in heat. Help your students engineer solutions that manage the heat released during charging.
Watch a short video on a test safety scientists use to determine whether protective components will prevent a battery from overcharging.
Watch this short video on how you can take charge of battery safety.
Intentional e-scooter overcharge video
In this real lab footage from the Fire Safety Research Institute, watch what happens as an e-scooter experiences overcharge.
Safe charging PSA social media campaign exercise
In this activity, students design their own social media campaigns to inform their community about safe charging practices.
E-bikes and the gig economy in NYC
What happens when the demand to charge your device leads to unsafe charging practices? Learn more by taking a look at what happened in New York City.