Year 8 lesson on DC (direct current) motors and the motor effect.
PowerPoint and worksheet included (at back of PowerPoint). The lesson involves students making a DC motor.
LOs:
To describe some uses of D.C. motors.
To explain the effect of a magnetic field on a wire carrying an electric current.
To explain how D.C. motors of different strengths are made.
1. Do Now: List objects with motors in them
2. Exposition: What is a motor and what is the energy transfer happening in them?
3. Student Activity: The motor effect reading comprehension
4. Mini-plenary: True or false quiz on the motor effect
5. Student Activity: Making a motor using wire, magnets, etc.
6. Exposition: How can you make the motor faster?
7. Plenary: Learning triangle
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PowerPoint and worksheet included (at back of PowerPoint). The lesson involves students making a DC motor.
LOs:
To describe some uses of D.C. motors.
To explain the effect of a magnetic field on a wire carrying an electric current.
To explain how D.C. motors of different strengths are made.
1. Do Now: List objects with motors in them
2. Exposition: What is a motor and what is the energy transfer happening in them?
3. Student Activity: The motor effect reading comprehension
4. Mini-plenary: True or false quiz on the motor effect
5. Student Activity: Making a motor using wire, magnets, etc.
6. Exposition: How can you make the motor faster?
7. Plenary: Learning triangle
For more resources check out my shop:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/alexpce
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