| Here you can create a simple electric motor. You | | | | the magnet edge. |
| will not be hooking this up to anything except | | | | Place the magnet at the bottom of the battery |
| itself. It is a good demonstration for your science | | | | and make sure the wire touches the edge of the |
| fair project. Here is all you will need for this | | | | magnet. |
| experiment. This is a great High School or middle | | | | Using a nail make a little dent in the top of the |
| school project. | | | | positive end so that the wire sits in one spot and |
| A battery - a AA type works well | | | | stays there while it spins. |
| A small magnet that is about the size of a | | | | As the magnet sits on the table with the battery |
| quarter or nickel | | | | on top you should be able to take the coiled wire |
| A piece of wire approximately 6 to 10 inches long | | | | on and off the group. This is good for the |
| Steps to complete the experiment: | | | | demonstration because once you have the wire |
| Take the wire and make a small hook in the one | | | | touching the top of the battery and the end of |
| end and hold it so that it touches the top of the | | | | the wire touching the bottom side of the magnet |
| battery where the end protrudes. This is the | | | | the wire will spin around continually. |
| positive or + end. | | | | Now for your science project research portion. |
| Now wrap the wire in a spiral fashion around and | | | | You need to learn why the wire will spin around |
| down the battery. When you get to the end of | | | | the battery and magnet. What fields are created |
| the battery you will have wire left over. Let a | | | | by the magnet? What does the battery have |
| little wire extend out to the side that will touch | | | | that will help create the wire movement. |