Materials List:
Energy Innovator:
Be Your Own Generator
https://www.teachengineering.org/activities/view/rice2-2524-energy-innovator-generator-activity
Be Your Own Generator
Note: See link to materials examples in the Procedure below.
Each group needs:
- 4 neodymium disk magnets
- 4 LED indicator lights
- 2 blank CDs
- 12.7 cm x 12.7 cm (5’’ x 5”) wooden board
- superglue
- 2 nuts
- bolt
- 2 washers
- 2 small washers
- metal bobbin
- enameled copper wire, 25 gauge, 5 lb, available online (Note: use this you are if wrapping your own copper coils)
- PVC piping, 10 cm in length, or a film canister (Note: this is required for wrapping copper coil)
- copper magnetic levitation coil with iron core, available online (Note: use this if you want to use premade copper coil)
- bottle cap or lid
For the entire class to share:
- markers
- construction paper
For the teacher demo:
- 0.6 m (~2 ft) of 14-gauge copper wire
- AA battery
- 2 small neodymium magnets
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