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ERIC Number: EJ315863
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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DOING Physics--Physics Activities for Groups.
Zwicker, Earl, Ed.
Physics Teacher, v23 n3 p172-74 Mar 1985
Students are challenged to investigate a simple electric motor and to build their own model from a battery, wood block, clips, enameled copper wire, bare wire, and sandpaper. Through trial and error, several discoveries are made, including a substitute commutator and use of a radio to detect motor armature contact changes. (DH)
Descriptors: Electric Circuits, Electric Motors, Electricity, High Schools, Physics, Science Education, Science Experiments, Secondary School Science, Student Projects
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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