Science 10
Science – Grade 10
Quarter 2 – Self-Learning Module 16: Electric Motor vs Electric Generator
First Edition, 2020
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Science 10
Quarter 2
Self-Learning Module 16
Electric Motor vs Electric Generator
Introductory Message
For the Facilitator:
Welcome to the Science 10 Self-Learning Module on Electric Motor vs Electric
Generator
This Self-Learning Module was collaboratively designed, developed and
reviewed by educators from the Schools Division Office of Pasig City headed by its
Officer-in-Charge Schools Division Superintendent, Ma. Evalou Concepcion A.
Agustin, in partnership with the City Government of Pasig through its mayor,
Honorable Victor Ma. Regis N. Sotto. The writers utilized the standards set by the K
to 12 Curriculum using the Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELC) in
developing this instructional resource.
This learning material hopes to engage the learners in guided and independent
learning activities at their own pace and time. Further, this also aims to help learners
acquire the needed 21st century skills especially the 5 Cs, namely: Communication,
Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking, and Character while taking into
consideration their needs and circumstances.
In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the
body of the module:
Notes to the Teacher
This contains helpful tips or strategies that
will help you in guiding the learners.
As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this
module. You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to
manage their own learning. Moreover, you are expected to encourage and assist the
learners as they do the tasks included in the module.
For the Learner:
Welcome to the Science 10 Self-Learning Module on Electric Motor vs Electric
Generator
This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful
opportunities for guided and independent learning at your own pace and time. You
will be enabled to process the contents of the learning material while being an active
learner.
This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:
Expectations - This points to the set of knowledge and skills
that you will learn after completing the module.
Pretest - This measures your prior knowledge about the lesson
at hand.
Recap - This part of the module provides a review of concepts
and skills that you already know about a previous lesson.
Lesson - This section discusses the topic in the module.
Activities - This is a set of activities that you need to perform.
Wrap-Up - This section summarizes the concepts and
application of the lesson.
Valuing - This part integrates a desirable moral value in the
lesson.
Posttest - This measures how much you have learned from the
entire module.
EXPECTATIONS
In this module, you will study about the Electric Motor and Electric
Generator. This is made to help you understand what important things you
should know about motors and generators; how they differ from one another,
what are their parts and functions and how energy transformation takes
place. This will also help you explain the operation of a simple electric motor
and generator.
This module is about differentiating electric motor from electric
generator.
After going through this module, you are expected to:
1. define electric motor and electric generator;
2. construct a Venn diagram to identify differences between motor and
generator; and
3. appreciate the importance of electric motor and electric generator.
PRETEST
Choose the letter of the best answer. Write your answer on a separate
sheet of paper.
1. The refrigerator has become in demand in this time of pandemic because
people tend to stock food and stay at home as number one precautionary
measure to protect themselves against Covid19. What do you call the device
that converts electrical energy into mechanical energy to make these
appliances work?
A. Electric Motor C. Electric Generator
B. Electric Current D. Electric Device
2. Electricity is very important to power up our devices/appliances at home.
What device is used to generate electricity?
A. Electric Motor C. Electric Generator
B. Electric Meter D. Electric Current
3. While you are busy during your online class, you saw a basket full of
laundry and you thought of bringing them in a laundering establishment.
What transformation of energy takes place in the washing machine’s
motor?
A. Electrical to Chemical Energy C. Mechanical to Electrical Energy
B. Electrical to Mechanical Energy D. Mechanical to Chemical Energy
4. Energy transformation is involved in both motor and generator. Which of
the following diagram shows the correct transformation of energy in electric
generator?
A. Mechanical Energy Electrical Energy
B. Electrical Energy Mechanical Energy
C. Mechanical Energy Chemical Energy
D. Chemical Energy Mechanical Energy
5. Electric bikes are bicycles with motor and generator. Riders propel pedals
to generate electricity and run it. Which of the following statements tells us
the disadvantage of e-bikes?
A. They are zero-emission vehicles.
B. They provide sustainable transportation.
C. They give recreational activity and health benefits.
D. They command a high-priced and costly maintenance.
RECAP
Direction: Arrange the following statements by writing 1-5 in the blanks to
show the correct sequence on how electricity is produced in power plants.
____ The steam turns a turbine which is
connected to a generator that generates
electricity.
____ Cooled water is pumped back into the
earth. The process repeats.
____ Wells are drilled into the earth to
pump steam / hot water to the surface.
____ The steam cools in the cooling tower
and condenses back to water.
____ Pressure drops causing water to turn
into steam.
LESSON
ELECTRIC MOTOR VS ELECTRIC GENERATOR
In 1820, Hans Christian Oersted, a Danish Physicist, discovered that
magnetism was produced by current-carrying wires. It means electric current
produces magnetic field.
Then, in 1831, Michael Faraday of England and Joseph Henry of United
States found out that moving a wire in a close circuit across a magnetic field
will make electric current flow in the circuit. It means magnetism produces
current.
The two words, Electricity and Magnetism, are very much related to each
other. There are two electromagnetic devices; the electric motor and electric
generator. These devices have similarities and differences.
Electric Motor is a device which converts
electrical energy into mechanical energy.
Look at the picture in figure 1.
If you will be asked, how these appliances
work, you would probably say “through
electricity”. You’re right! Electric current is
needed by these appliances in order to work!
The motor of the fan converts electric energy
into mechanical energy.
The reverse conversion is a device
that converts mechanical energy into
electrical energy. Generators generate
electricity. Figure 2 shows a power
plant generator.
One of the sources of mechanical energy
is water turbine. Look at Figure 3. Water
turns turbine. This causes motion and
mechanically makes generator works. Thus,
generator produces electricity.
Other sources are steam turbine, gas
turbine, wind turbine and even cranks.
Study the two figures below.
Motor and Generator have common parts. This means the device can act
as a motor or as a generator depending on what is in the input form, may
either be electrical energy or mechanical energy. Generally, motor converts
electrical energy into mechanical energy while generator converts mechanical
energy into electrical energy.
Motor and Generator have similarities. Both have essential parts like
magnet coils and spinning part. They work on the principle of rotation and
convert energies. They are based from the principle of a magnetic field and
electric field and uses concept of electric current at any point. They are
electromagnetic devices.
Here are the essential parts and functions of electric motor and electric
generator.
Armature- coil of wire that turns in the magnetic field
Brushes- copper metal chips that conduct electricity from the source to the
Commutator
Commutator- a split ring that reverses the current every half turn
Field Magnets- bar magnets that produces magnetic field
Now, let’s have a table comparison for you to easily understand the
differences between the electric motor and electric generator.
Electric Motor Electric Generator
Electrical Generator is a device that
Electric Motor is a device that converts
converts mechanical energy into
electrical energy into mechanical energy.
electrical energy.
Electrical energy is used by electric Electrical energy is produced by
motor. electric generator.
Electrical energy is in the input form. Mechanical energy is in the input form.
Mechanical energy is in the output form. Electrical energy is in the output form.
Current is supplied in motor. Current is generated in generator.
Generators are used in power stations
Examples of electric motors are the ones to generate electricity. These devices
used in refrigerators, elevators, fans, e- supply electricity in industries and
bikes, and pumps, etc. households. These are used for general
lighting and powering batteries, etc.
Energy Transformation: Energy Transformation:
Electrical Energy to Mechanical Energy Mechanical Energy to Electrical Energy
Block Diagram of Electric Motor:
Electrical Magnetic Mechanical
Domain Domain Domain
Block Diagram of Electric Generator:
Mechanical Magnetic Electrical
Domain Domain Domain
ACTIVITIES
Activity 1: You Needed Me!
Objectives:
1. Define electric motor and electric generator.
2. Name physicists who studied about these two electromagnetic
devices.
Materials:
Paper and Pen
Procedures:
Part I. Find the six words which pertains to the electromagnetic devices in
the puzzle. Loop the words horizontally, vertically or diagonally.
B E O Y S H I O X B
R O T A R E N E G P
U F F D I H Q R A R
S S T A W G E S O F
H E N R Y J K T T U
V Z J A D B O E I H
Q A K F G M Y D Z M
Part II. Identify what is being asked. Refer to your answers from the
puzzle.
__________1. A device that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy.
__________2. The essential part of the device that creates contact between
power supply and commutator.
__________3. It uses electricity as its input form and converts electrical energy
into mechanical energy.
__________4. He discovered that electric current produces a magnetic field.
__________5. They discovered that magnetic field generates electric current.
Closure: Complete the diagram below to show the transformation of energy
in Electric Motor and Electric Generator.
Electric ____________
Electric ____________
Activity 2: Compare and Contrast
Objectives:
1. Differentiate electric motor from electric generator using Venn
Diagram.
2. Give the similarities of electric motor and electric generator.
Materials:
Paper and pen
Procedure:
1. Complete the Venn Diagram below.
Remember: Venn Diagram is a tool used to show relationship
between two or more sets that you have to compare and contrast.
2. Write the differences of Electric Motor and Electric Generator in the
area of the circles that do not overlap.
3. Write the similarities of Electric Motor and Electric Generator in the
overlapping area.
Electric Electric
Motor Generator
Closure: Complete the phrases below to form a sentence regarding motor and
generator.
1. I have learned that ________________ and _________________ have
similarities and differences.
2. The two electromagnetic devices have similarities like (give at least two
similarities)_________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
3. The differences between the two devices are (give at least two) ________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
WRAP-UP
To summarize what you have learned today about electric motor
and electric generator, complete the concept map. Describe motor and
generator by filling in each connected boxes. Then, write in the circle
what makes them similar to each other.
ELECTRIC MOTOR
ELECTRIC GENERATOR
VALUING
Activity 3: No Motor and Generator Be Like
Objective:
Appreciate the importance of the electric motor and electric
generator.
Materials: Paper and pen
Procedure:
1. Read and understand the statement inside the box.
2. Reflect and make an essay about the topic.
What if one day, you woke up like this……
A LIFE WITHOUT MOTORS AND GENERATORS
Closure: Choose three reactions on
how you will “BE LIKE” if there are no
motors and generators nowadays.
POSTTEST
Write M if the statement describes Electric Motor and G if it refers
to Electric Generator.
____1. It uses electrical energy.
____2. It converts mechanical energy into electrical energy.
____3. It produces electricity.
____4. The output of this device is mechanical energy.
____5. Washing machines, ceiling fans and electric drills are just some
of the many examples of this device.
KEY TO CORRECTION
PRE TEST Recap WRAP-UP POST TEST
1. A 1. 3 1.Electric Motor’s four boxes 1. M
2. C 2. 5 - Answers may vary. 2. G
3. B 3. 1 2.Circle 3. G
4. A 4. 4 - Answers may vary and must be about 4. M
5. D 5. 2 similarities between motor and generator. 5. M
3. Electric Generator’s four boxes
- Answers may vary.
Activity 1
Part I. Part II.
Words to hunt: 1. Generator
Brush, Generator, Faraday, Motor, Henry, Oersted 2. Brush
3. Motor
4. Oersted
Closure 5. Faraday and Henry
Activity 2
Activity 3
Essay part: Answers may vary.
Closure: Answers may vary.
References
Books
• Acosta, Herma D. et.al (2016). The Mirror Equation. K to 12 Grade 10
Learner’s Material in Science. Rex Book Store. Pages 190-194
• Gonzales, Corazon Bulaong and Tolentino, Eden Gutierrez (2005).
Oersted Discovery, Electromagnetism, Generator. Physics Around Us.
St. Bernadette Publications, Inc. Quezon City. Pages 256-260
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