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    1. The document describes a lab experiment to create an electric motor using a battery, magnet, and magnet wire. Students are instructed to wrap the wire around an object and sand the ends to expose the wire, then place it between the positive and negative ends of a battery with a magnet in the middle to make the wire rotate. 2. The analysis section asks students to describe how they interrupted the current flow to make the motor work and ways to make it spin faster, and perform calculations of the force and torque on one side of a square coil. 3. The conclusion states that the students had difficulty completing the lab since they were absent and did not understand how the motor worked until being shown by the teacher,

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    1. The document describes a lab experiment to create an electric motor using a battery, magnet, and magnet wire. Students are instructed to wrap the wire around an object and sand the ends to expose the wire, then place it between the positive and negative ends of a battery with a magnet in the middle to make the wire rotate. 2. The analysis section asks students to describe how they interrupted the current flow to make the motor work and ways to make it spin faster, and perform calculations of the force and torque on one side of a square coil. 3. The conclusion states that the students had difficulty completing the lab since they were absent and did not understand how the motor worked until being shown by the teacher,

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    AP Physics Lab #8 Creating An Electric Motor

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    1. The document describes a lab experiment to create an electric motor using a battery, magnet, and magnet wire. Students are instructed to wrap the wire around an object and sand the ends to expose the wire, then place it between the positive and negative ends of a battery with a magnet in the middle to make the wire rotate. 2. The analysis section asks students to describe how they interrupted the current flow to make the motor work and ways to make it spin faster, and perform calculations of the force and torque on one side of a square coil. 3. The conclusion states that the students had difficulty completing the lab since they were absent and did not understand how the motor worked until being shown by the teacher,

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    Junelie Aguayo

    Derek Eickhoff

    AP Physics
    Lab #8

    Creating an Electric Motor


    Purpose: To create a rotating motor out of the materials given

    Equipment: Magnet 2 Safety Clips Pre-cut Magnet Wire


    Sand Paper Electrical Tape
    Cell Battery Scissors

    Procedure:
    Using your knowledge of electric and magnetic fields, attempt to make the wire
    rotate. If no success is achieved, follow the steps below.

    1. Attach a safety pin on either side of the battery (+ and – sides) using electrical
    tape.
    2. Wrap the magnet wire around something thick, such as a dry-erase marker. Be
    sure to leave about a 5 cm length of wire uncurled from both ends.
    3. Sand both ends of the wire in order to expose the wire and remove the protective
    coating.
    4. Place the magnet in between the safety pins; in the middle of the battery.
    5. Place the wire in between the safety pins. Flick the wire; it should rotate. If not,
    adjust and try again.

    Data:

    Length of side of wire: 2cm


    Analysis:

    1. Describe what you did to the wire in order to make it part of your motor.

    2. How did you interrupt or change the flow of current in your setup in order to make it
    work?

    3. Describe three ways you could make the motor turn faster.

    4. Assume that your coil is square with the side length of 2 cm and pick one side 90
    degree from the point of rotation. Calculate the amount of force on that side of the coil
    when it is perpendicular to the table assuming that the magnetic field is 3T and the
    current traveling through the wire is 800 mA.
    5. Calculate the torque on that same side of the coil when it is parallel to the table.

    Conclusion:
    Since Derek and I were absent on the day of the lab, we both had to work on it
    together. We couldn’t really figure out what to do, as we didn’t really understand how the
    wire was supposed to rotate until Mr. Boschman showed us, and gave us hints. Once we
    were shown how to build it, we gained understanding of why the motor would be built in
    that manner. It was more challenging for the both of us to complete this lab in relation to
    the rest of the class because we did not have as many minds to work with.

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