Sunday 24 May 2020

Electromagnetic Induction


During this covid 19 isolation his homework or lesson would have been on Electricity.

We found some tutorials and websites explaining Faraday' s experiment for electromagnetic induction and had a go.

WE had some coloured copper wire, more turns around a steel bat the better. WE had a printer bar that I salvaged but a steel nail should work. Some crocodile clips and a multimeter to be able to identify a current generated as you push and pull the electromagnet through the coil.

You also need a snap on battery connector and the battery to power the electromagnet.

Can be done with just a normal bar magnet going in and out of a coil, didn't have to be an electromagnet to do the induction.

My 9 year old enjoyed it and made a presentation in Google docs with some info about chubby chops franklin and Faraday.

Good fun, will try get videos posted in here for our references.

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