Electric Motor (and boat)

Electric Motor Kit and Boat Welcome to the most exciting and highly cool world of the electric motor! With this kit you will explore the world of electromagnetism and how it causes a motor to do things it does. This motor comes with a boat so you can finally make an electric boat. Use this kit to build a real electric motor. Make a motor boat and see how motors work.

Electric motors are devices that convert electrical energy to mechanical energy. Many household equipment and industrial machines use an electric motor to work. Some of the machines that have an electric motor inside are vacuum cleaners, blenders, electric fans, and electric drills. Can you think of some other machines that have an electric motor inside? 

Electric Motor and Boat Kit includes: Plastic Boat and plastic propeller Wire 10 armature plates 2 armature spacers Motor Base Battery holder Spacer ring and cap 2 magnets Sand Paper 2 bronze brushes, 6 brass contacts Motor shaft and compass needle

Additional Materials Required: Additional Materials Required for your experiments can be found at home or purchased locally. Some of these material are:

• Pencil
• D-cell battery
• a pair of scissors

Opportunities for Science Projects
Construction of an electric motor is an exiting science project. Make the electric motor and install it on a boat and use it as a part of your science project display. If you need to do an experimental (investigatory) science project, you can simply use your electric motor boat and investigate any of the following questions:

1. How does the mass of a boat affect the speed?

2. How does the size of battery affect the speed of a boat?

3. How does the size of propeller affect the speed of a boat?

4. How does the battery size (AA, C, D) affect the speed of a boat?

Any of the above can serve as the "Problem to be solved" in a science project. In setting up your project, you would first state the problem, then hypothesis, ( a guess as the answer to your problem), next procedure to check the hypothesis, and finally a conclusion that answers the stated problem based on what you actually observe in your research. In addition you may be interested in proposing your own, specific research that will expand on your conclusion.
Since the electric boats are visually enticing in themselves, it would be strongly suggested that your presentation include the motor boat you used in your research.

Be more creative:

Use balsa wood or Styrofoam boards to make and paint your own boat (instead of the plastic boat provided with your kit). Also paint your boat to make it a completely hand crafted machine. A hand crafted boat for a science project is much more appealing than a factory made plastic boat.