... head out on the highway?
Oh c'mon, that song's a classic! Well anyways..
In class these past few days we've been learning about motors and we finally got a chance to make one!
By attaching two paperclips to a battery using a rubber-band we created the base. We attached a magnet to the top of the battery (get ready). We then coiled some copper wire and being extra careful to not lose any limbs, shaved off the tops of the sides of the wire so the current could travel. Then carefully placing the coil in the paper clips we let it spin, watching as the magnet kept it in rotation. But wait.. how was any of this possible?
The battery produced electrons that flowed through the copper wire, which, in turn, reacted to the magnetic field surrounding the magnet
The paper clips acted as conductors and kept the coiled wire supported
The motor turned because the current carrying wire felt a force from the magnetic field
Now this may all seem kinda pointless, I mean, a spinning wire is great and all but how can it help us have easier lives?
Well if you attached fan blades to the sides of the spinning wire you'd have a fan, attach wheels and you've got a car. Now that's some physics I couldn't do without!
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