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Inventors Kit 4: Solar Spinner

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We are now going to use the solar panel to power our motor with the sun, no batteries required! This time we want to use two cable connector block to connect the solar panel directly to the motor, as shown here. If you put on the motor connector to the motor then you can see the motor spinning more easily. Takes this to a window or (if you can) outside and try pointing the solar panel at the sun. What happens to the motor? Does it start to turn? If not - is it a sunny day? Are you pointing...

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Inventors Kit 3: Spin-Art

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This time we will use the motor to make a spinning wheel, which you can use to show off patterns you design or that can be used to make 'spin-art'. You will need your wobbly wrobot that we built previously. This time we will not need the nut, as we don't want it to wobble this time! You might also want to use two batteries to make the motor spin faster! Here is the motor circuit with two batteries: I needed to use some tape to hold the connections in place. You will need to cut a disk from some...

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Inventors Kit 2: Wobbly Wrobot

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In this activity we will make a wobbly robot!

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Inventors Kit 1: Motor Madness

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Motors are used to convert electrical energy into rotational motion. There are motors in so many devices you might use every day - look around your house: what items do you think have motors in them? Why are they needed?

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Learning Links

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Useful links for online educational resources for younger folk wanting to learn electronics, science and code.

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