Let’s have some fun, and learn a little bit about electricity. Here’s what you’ll need to complete this activity: 1. Make a battery holder. It is easy to make a battery holder out of 2 perpendicular blocks and 2 dowels. 2. Run your motor. Touch your motor leads to the ends of a battery. The motor should turn on. Is it magic? Nope… it’s electricity. 3. What is electricity? Electricity is the flow of electrons (from one place to another). Electricity flows through your motor to make it run. 4. Electrons can move? Yep… Electrons can move by hopping from atom to atom. Electrons are flowing through you right now; allowing you to think, feel and move your muscles. 5. What is an atom? 6. Why do electrons move? Have you ever heard that opposites attract? It’s true. Electrons have a negative (-) charge. Protons have a positive (+) charge. This makes electrons and protons opposites, and the perfect match. Electrons will do anything possible to get to a free (single) proton. Only electrons can move. Protons and neutrons are stuck in the nucleus of the atom. 7. Where is reverse? Can you find a way to make your turn backwards? Does your solution have anything to do with the direction electrons flow?
Let’s have some fun, and learn a little bit about electricity. Here’s what you’ll need to complete this activity: 1. Make a battery holder. It is easy to make a battery holder out of 2 perpendicular blocks and 2 dowels. 2. Run your motor. Touch your motor leads to the ends of a battery. The motor should turn on. Is it magic? Nope… it’s electricity. 3. What is electricity? Electricity is the flow of electrons (from one place to another). Electricity flows through your motor to make it run. 4. Electrons can move? Yep… Electrons can move by hopping from atom to atom. Electrons are flowing through you right now; allowing you to think, feel and move your muscles. 5. What is an atom? 6. Why do electrons move? Have you ever heard that opposites attract? It’s true. Electrons have a negative (-) charge. Protons have a positive (+) charge. This makes electrons and protons opposites, and the perfect match. Electrons will do anything possible to get to a free (single) proton. Only electrons can move. Protons and neutrons are stuck in the nucleus of the atom. 7. Where is reverse? Can you find a way to make your turn backwards? Does your solution have anything to do with the direction electrons flow?
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