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Energy Transfer: Motors, Generators, and Sources of Electricity

kit #213

Students explore the relationship between, and practical applications of, electricity and magnets. They use a battery, a magnet and a coiled wire to build a simple electric motor and then use a pre-assembled electric motor to generate electric current. In Activity 2, students read about how electricity is generated for home and commercial use. They compare the methods and equipment needed to convert energy carried by renewable and nonrenewable resources into electric current.

$223.35

Six D-cell batteries needed but not supplied in the kit.

  • Magnetism and electricity are related
  • An electric motor uses electric current flowing through a wire coil to produce an electromagnet that interacts with another magnetic field to produce mechanical motion
  • An electric generator uses mechanical motion to turn a wire coil within a magnetic field to produce electric current

Content List in Energy Transfer: Motors, Generators, and Sources of Electricity is as follows:

Quantity Description
1 Teacher’s Guide with MSDS
28 Student Worksheets and Guides
12 Wire leads with clips
12 Bar magnets
6 Coils of enameled wire
6 D-cell battery holders
6 Electric motors
6 LED bulbs
1 Transparency 1: Comparing Energy Resources
12 Copper arms for motor mounts
6 Motor mounts, LAB-AIDS®
Number of students
24
Number of groups
Maximum of 6 groups per period
Calendar

To complete the two activities in this kit requires two to three ~50-minute class periods.

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