Making a Simple Motor

When making our motor the first thing we did was attach the battery onto a a small piece of wood. The next thing we did was create a thick coil of wire and formed it in a circle.
Reason for the battery: to supply voltage and current
Reason for the coil of wire: it provides a pathway for the current to flow. The reason we want the coil to be thick is because the thicker/ the more wire there is, the more current that will flow through causing the motor to have more power.

After making the coil, we attached two paper clips to the north and south pole of the battery. We were able to connect the paper clips by using electrical tape to hold them in place. We wrapped the tape all the way around so that the paper clips were the same height and straight.
Reason for the paperclips: the paperclip connects wire to the battery and completes the circuit. You need a paper clip on both sides in order to complete the circuit.

Then we placed a magnet on top of the wire in order to create the magnetic field.
Reason for the magnet: to make the loop of coil turn because it makes a magnetic field


We then placed the coil on the paper clips, but it was too long. We had to cut the wire and then scrape the entire side of one side but only have of the other. You don't scrape the entire wire of both sides because then the current would want to move in both directions so it will just go side to side and not all the way around. We connected the wire to the paper clip to cause a flow of current.

The coil is moving in one direction because the force is perpendicular creating an upward current putting a force on the charges causing them to move in one direction. They change direction because of the magnetic field.

Why does the motor turn?
The motor is able to turn because of the magnetic field. Since the force of the magnet which is charged by the battery is perpendicular to the motor, it creates a force.

And as seen above the magnet creates a magnetic field. so the charges move in one direction which causes the motor to rotate. It turns because the force is in one direction. If it were in more than one direction the motor will want to pull one way and then pull back and the other way causing it to just go back and forth. That is why we didn't scrape the entire wire so there is still installation on one side causing it to turn in only one direction.