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Bike Generator High school physics demonstration
Physics is phun!
Any questions? Or do you just want to talk about physics? Feel free to get in touch with me!
Who am I?
Sarah Lee-Johnston
Student at UBC Dual Degree in Physics and Education, class of 2014
Acknowledgements:
The plans for this project were adapted from http://www.instructables.com/id/How-To-Build-A-Bicycle-Generator/
Thanks to:
- Dr. Andrzej Kotlicki for being the faculty advisor for UBC's Physics 420 course
- PSYL (Pearson Seminar on Youth Leadership) 2007 for giving me the idea
- Jim (my father) for helping with the alternator
- Daniel for donating the bicycle and helping transport everything
- Robin for helping with woodworking
- Nick for helping with the belt drive
- Alice for showing me around the lab
- Rafael for consulting on the circuit
- Becky, Emily, Sophia, and Colin for putting up with having the whole apparatus in our living room for a month
That's me!
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