Curated and Reviewed by
Lesson Planet
This Building an Electric Motor activity also includes:
- Scenario
- Challenge/Criteria
- Physics at Work
- Physics You Learned - Assessment
- Charts/Graphs/Tables
- Glossary—Spanish
- Glossary—English
- Activity
- Graphic & Image
- Worksheet
- Join to access all included materials
Rev your motor with a hands-on activity about electricity. Learners build their own electric motor before reading a handout and answering some questions.
76 Views
55 Downloads
CCSS:
Adaptable
NGSS:
Adaptable
Concepts
Additional Tags
Instructional Ideas
- Bring in wind-up toys and discuss whether they use a motor
Classroom Considerations
- Requires prior knowledge of the activities from the previous lessons
- Review safety rules for batteries, including verifying that they don't have corrosion
- The fifth lesson in a series of six
Pros
- Materials are readily available
Cons
- Does not include an answer key
- Document permissions do not allow for printing