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STEM story - Ages 7-9

How Does a Battery Make a Motor Spin?

Vern, Flicker, and a circuit in motion

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Vern and Flicker smile beside a battery, switch, wires, and a small motor with a white fan in the Wonder Lab.

Page 1

How Does a Battery Make a Motor Spin?

Vern, Flicker, and a little motor have a circuit mystery to solve.

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Flicker presses a switch beside a still hobby motor while Vern looks closely at the staged battery and wires.

Page 2

Nothing is moving!

Flicker presses the switch, but the motor stays still.

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Vern points carefully from the battery toward the switch and motor while Flicker listens.

Page 3

Vern's prediction.

Vern wonders whether the circuit has a gap.

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A low-voltage motor circuit is laid out with one clear gap at the open switch and the motor fan still.

Page 4

One gap.

One missing connection leaves the path open, so the motor stays still.

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The switch blade touches both terminals in a complete low-voltage circuit while the small motor fan turns.

Page 5

The motor spins!

They close the gap, and the little fan begins to turn.

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The connected motor fan moves a small breeze that lifts the edges of Vern's fur while Flicker watches safely from the side.

Page 6

A windy surprise!

The spinning fan moves air and lifts the edges of Vern's fluff.

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Vern gestures from the battery through the connected wires toward the turning motor while Flicker encourages him.

Page 7

Vern revises his idea.

Vern realizes that current travels around the complete circuit and the motor changes energy into motion.

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Flicker traces the physical path from the battery through the connected wires to the turning motor without touching the fan.

Page 8

Flicker's motion map.

Battery, wires, motor, turning axle: electricity in, motion out.

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Vern and Flicker observe a safe battery-powered hobby motor with a paper fan, insulated leads, and a switch on the blue mat.

Page 9

Try it safely.

With a grown-up, observe a matching low-voltage motor and keep fingers, hair, and loose clothing away from moving parts.

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Vern and Flicker smile beside the same tidy complete motor circuit above a clear five-line recap panel.

Page 10

Remember the motor's journey.

A battery, complete path, closed switch, and motor turn electrical energy into motion.

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