Dolores Macasaet National High School

Pahinga Norte, Candelaria, Quezon

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Intervention Material SCI10_Q1_01

It Moves!

Learning Competency:
S10FE-IIi-53 demonstrate the generation of electricity by movement of magnet
through a coil

Specific Objectives
1. Observe the movement of the galvanometer needle when a magnet moves
inside and out a coil
2. Determine the factors that affect the induced current through a conductor

Engage

Electromagnetic or Magnetic induction is the production of an electromotive

force or voltage across an electrical conductor due to its dynamic interaction with
a magnetic field.

Michael Faraday is generally credited with the discovery of induction in 1831, and
mathematically described it as Faraday's law of induction. Lenz's law describes the
direction of the induced field. Faraday's law was later generalized to the
Maxwell-Faraday equation, which is one of the equations in James Clerk Maxwell's
theory of electromagnetism.

Electromagnetic induction has found many applications in technology, including

electrical components such as inductors and transformers, and devices such
as electric motors and generators.

Explore
Materials
• galvanometer
• 4 meters of enamel coated wire (stranded)
• size D dry cell (any material of such diameter for coiling)
 • two wooden blocks or books
• two wires with alligator clips
• pair of bar Magnets
• science notebook and pen

Procedure
1. Form groups and gather your materials as instructed by your teacher.
2. Using the dry cell as guide, wind a 10-turn, a 15-turn and a 20-turn coil out of the 4-m
enamel coated wire.

3. Carefully pull the coil off of the battery, holding the wire so it keeps its circular shape.

4. To secure the shape of the coil, wrap the loose ends of wire around the coil a few times:

5. Remove the insulation from each end of the coil and strand the fine wires together for easy
connection.

6. Set up the galvanometer, the connecting wires and the magnets.

Part A. Inducing current in a coil
7. Lay down the 10-turn coil above the two wooden blocks and connect its end to the
galvanometer via wires or alligator clips. Note: You may bend the two thick wires for easy
connection if alligator clip is not available.

8. Hold a bar magnet above the coil. Move the north pole of the magnet into the coil. Observe
the galvanometer pointer as you do this. On your science notebook, make a table and record
your observations.

9. Hold the magnet inside the coil without moving it for five seconds. Observe what happens.

10. Pull the magnet out of the coil. Observe the galvanometer pointer as you do this.

Part B. Amount of induced current vs number of turns

11. Use the set up to explore the relative magnitudes of the galvanometer pointer’s deflection
for the 10-turn, 15-turn and 20-turn coils. Record your observations on your science notebook.

Part C. Amount of induced voltage and current vs strength of magnetic field

12. Use the 15-turn coil and the set up to explore the relationship between the magnitude of
the galvanometer pointer’s deflection and the magnetic field strength using (a) one bar magnet,
and (b) two bar magnets with like poles held together in parallel. Record your observations on
your science notebook.

Part D. Amount of induced current vs rate of magnetic field change

13. Use the 15-turn coil and a bar magnet to explore the relationship between the magnitude of
the galvanometer pointer’s deflection and the speed of movement of the magnet into or out of
the coil. Record your observations on your science notebook.

Part E. Coil orientation and direction of magnetic field change

14. Move (a) a bar magnet along one of the coils (preferably the 15-turn) and observe the
magnitude of the galvanometer pointer’s deflection. Compare this deflection to that when (b)
the bar magnet moves across (into or out) the coil at approximately the same speed. Record
your observations on your science notebook.
Explain

Question1. What happens to the pointer of the galvanometer as you move the magnet in and
out of the coiled wires? How did it happen?

Question2. Can you tell what is being shown by the movement of the pointer?

Question3. Based on the activity, what do you think affects the movement of the pointer of the
galvanometer?

Question4. Can you think of other ways to increase the movement of the pointer of the
galvanometer?

Question5. For approximately the same speed of moving the magnet into or out of each coil,
what happens to the magnitude of the pointer’s deflection as the number of turns in the coil
increase?

Question6. What happens to the deflection of the galvanometer pointer as the bar magnet is
moved into or out of the 15-turn coil at different speeds (rate of magnetic field change)?

Question7. How would you compare behavior of the the galvanometer pointer when the
magnet moves along the coil and when the magnet moves across the coil?

Question8. In your own words, what are the factors that affect the amount of current and hence
voltage (EMF) induced in a conductor by a changing magnetic field?

Question9. An equation for the electromagnetic force (EMF) induced in a wire by a magnetic
field is EMF = BLv, where B is magnetic field, L is the length of the wire in the magnetic field,
and v is the velocity of the wire with respect to the field.

Question10. How do the results in this activity support this equation?

Elaborate
Note: discussions of the science concepts.

Evaluate
Note: performance, paper and pencil test