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Aim: To make a simple home-made motor. Materials required: A thick walled paper or plastic cup. Two large metal paper clips. Five small circular or bar magnets. 60 cm of insulated 20 gauge copper wire. Insulation tape. Two code wires- insulated wires with alligator clips on the ends. A 1.5 volt battery or two for better results. Battery holder. Wire stripper. Black waterproof marking pen. Two thick straws. Procedure: Wind the insulated copper wire into a coil with about four or five loops with around 2.5 cm diameter. Leave some length at both ends free. Warp the uncoiled ends around the coil in opposite direction to the loops to keep the coil firmly in place as a coil. Leave 5 cm protruding at both ends after doing this. Use the wire stripper to strip off the insulation at both protruding ends of the coil. Use the black marker to colour one side of one protruding end of the coil. That is, if you turn the wire around you should be able to see the bl