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Knowledge and Skills Statement

Science concepts. The student knows the impact of energy transfer and energy conservation in everyday life.

energy transmitted by electric currents, caused by the flow of electrons

Research

Cao, Zhi, Amin Mahmoudi, Solmaz Kahourzade, and Wen L. Soong. "An Overview of Electric Motors for Electric Vehicles." 31st Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference (AUPEC), Perth, Australia. (2021). https://doi.org/10.1109/AUPEC52110.2021.9597739.

Summary Electric motors are used in home, work, and recreation, silently doing work for us in converting electrical energy into mechanical energy. Yet they share a common principle of operation--using changing magnetic fields to produce mechanical motion.