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Students learn more about magnetism, and how magnetism and electricity are related in electromagnets. They learn the fundamentals about how simple electric motors and electromagnets work. Students also learn about hybrid gasoline-electric cars and their advantages over conventional gasoline-only-powered cars.

In our modern world, motors are in use everywhere. In fact, any electrical appliance, device or equipment with a moving part likely has a motor — from refrigerators and hair dryers, to music players and computers. To create these everyday electromagnetic motors, engineers understand how electricity and magnetism work together. Because motors consume around 60% of all U.S. electric power, some engineers design high-efficiency motors that run better without using as much electricity. Engineers also design hybrid cars that use both gasoline and electric motor technologies, and reduce emission pollutants. Describe how a motor works by using an electromagnet and magnetic forces.Explain that engineers design electromagnets and motors for use in various applications.Relate that hybrid cars use both gasoline and batteries.20TeachEngineering.orgJoe FriedrichsenAbigail WatrousMalinda Schaefer ZarskeDenise Carlsonhttp://www.howstuffworks.com/motor.htmhttp://innovations.copper.org/global/energy.htmlhttp://www.fueleconomy.gov/Hewitt, Paul G. Conceptual Physics. Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 2002.Kagen, S. Cooperative Learning. San Juan Capistrano, CA: Kagan Cooperative Learning, 1994. (Source for Send-a-problem assessment tool.)http://www.howstuffworks.com/hybrid-car.htmhttp://www.m-w.comS11416EBInternational_Technology_Education_Association-ITEA_STL_StandardsTechnologyJ. Materials have many different properties. 35S11417D6International_Technology_Education_Association-ITEA_STL_StandardsTechnologyC. Energy comes in different forms. 35S11424F3ColoradoSciencea. Identify and describe the variety of energy sources 44S11424F5ColoradoSciencec. Describe the energy transformation that takes place in electrical circuits where light, heat, sound, and magnetic effects are produced 44United StatesCopyright 2012 - Integrated Teaching and Learning Program, College of Engineering, University of Colorado http://www.teachengineering.org/policy_ipp.phphttp://www.teachengineering.org/2011-03-304Teacher