Motors and Generators

Introduction

• Chemistry
  • Atoms and Ions
  • Bonding
  • Diffusion
  • Dissolving
  • Elements, Compounds and Mixtures
  • Periodic Table
  • Rates of Reaction
  • Solids, Liquids and Gases
• Biology
  • Cells
  • Circulation
  • Digestion
  • Enzymes
  • Osmosis
  • Photosynthesis
  • Plants
  • Predator Prey
• Physics
  • Color
  • Earth in Space
  • Forces in Motion
  • Motors and Generators
  • Nuclear Physics
  • Simple Circuits
  • Sound
  • Waves
• Tools
  • Data Analyzer
  • Resource Builder

Motors and Generators lets you build up a 3D model of a motor or generator

You’ll use it to:

• Explore how a wire with a current moves in a magnetic field
• Demonstrate why motors use loops of wire
• Show why motors need a commutator
• Explain differences between commutators
• Demonstrate the output of a generator in an oscilloscope
• Explain all this with animations of the field lines.