Build Your Own Simple Electric Motor Kits
Discover what it takes to design and engineer a working motor using wires and magnets!
Expand lessons by creating and using electromagnets to build simple motors. Students use these sets to determine what happens when they alter coils in motors and change the thickness of wires. They also explore what happens when they use magnets of different shapes, sizes, and strength. Teacher’s manual includes lesson plans and background information about projects. Reproducible worksheets and sample data guide students through four experiments and protocols. D Batteries required (not included). Kit accommodates 1 to 4 students, while the Set of 6 accommodates 24 students. Recommended for Upper Elementary and up.
CHOKING HAZARD (1). Not for under 3 yrs.
Kits include:
- Magnet Wire
- Copper Wire
- Magnets, Rectangular
- D-Cell Battery Holder w/ Leads
- Magnets, Round
- Small Nails
- Magnet, Ring
- Wire Cutter
- Neodymium Magnet
- Sandpaper
- Dowel Rods
- Instructor’s Manual
Next Generation Science Standards*:
- MS-ETS1-2: Evaluate competing design solutions based on jointly determined criteria and trade-offs about how well they meet the requirements of a problem.
- MS-ETS1-3: Analyze data from tests of two objects designed to solve the same problem to compare the strengths and weaknesses of how each performs.
- MS-PS2-3: Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that minimizes the force on an object during a collision.
- MS-PS2-5: Conduct investigations to demonstrate how the motion of an object is affected by the forces acting upon it.
- HS-ETS1-2: Design and evaluate a solution to a complex real-world problem, considering multiple criteria and constraints.
- HS-PS3-3: Design and evaluate a device that converts energy from one form to another, using appropriate scientific principles.
- HS-PS3-5: Apply scientific principles to design and test a device that can convert energy from one form to another.
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