TED-Ed
Self-Assembly: The Power of Organizing the Unorganized
What if buildings could grow, adapt, and repair themselves like a living organism? Using the process of self-assembly, this crazy idea may one day become a reality. The video looks at how unordered parts interact with one another and...
Curated OER
What is the Magnetic Field?
Not only does the Tabletop Explainer reveal a magnetic field with iron filings, he also uses diagrams to explain rules for drawing one. He concludes with a couple of "What Do You Think?" questions to encourage deeper thinking. Have your...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Magnetic Field Created by Current Carrying Wire
Examine how a magnetic field can be created in a wire carrying current with this video. [9:41]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Magnetic Fields: Introduction to Magnetism
Learn about magnetism in this introductory video lecture. [10:43]
Science for Kids
Science Kids: How to Videos: Trigger Green Traffic Lights
Do you know the role an inductive-loop traffic detector plays in getting a green light at a traffic light? The detector senses a change in the electromagnetic field and triggers the light. This video explains how by adding a magnet to a...
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Levitating Fruit Flies to Learn About Space Travel
Listen to this discussion of a Video Pick of the Week, which looks at research into levitating fruit flies (and other things) using a strong magnet. This work, being done at the University of Nottingham, has applications to space travel....
Science for Kids
Science Kids: Scientist Videos: James Maxwell Biography
Learn how Scottish physicist and mathematician, James Maxwell, helped shape our understanding of a number of different fields, including those of electricity and magnetism. [2:04]
Science for Kids
Science Kids: Physics Videos: Fun Magnet Tricks
Watch powerful magnets jump from place to place, roll quickly around circles, spin according to their magnetic poles, and control the movement of other magnets. [3:20]
PBS
Pbs: Nova Labs: The Dynamic Sun
This short piece explains how the sun's magnetism is a important aspect of the function of the sun. [3:17]
University of Virginia
Uva Virtual Lab: Magnetic Induction (X Ray)
This lab will allow observation of the manipulation of magnetic fields and pushing electrons through a circuit to understand magnetic induction. Check out the video clips.
University of Virginia
Uva Virtual Lab: Magnetic Induction (Real World)
Compare and contrast the series of video clips illustrating magnetism induction in the real world versus x-ray vision.
Museum of Science
Eie: The Attraction Is Obvious: Designing Maglev Systems Lesson 3
Watch as a teacher engages her fifth-grade students in several experiments to learn more about the properties of magnets. [7:03]
Museum of Science
Eie: The Attraction Is Obvious: Designing Maglev Systems Lesson 4
Watch as students use their knowledge of the properties of magnets and the Engineering Design Process to design a maglev transportation system. [13:50]
Bozeman Science
Bozeman Science: Vector Field
Paul Andersen explains how a vector field shows the distribution of vector quantities. [7:47]
Bozeman Science
Bozeman Science: Magnetic Properties
The following video explains how all material has magnetic properties. Ferromagnetic material can be permanently magnetized, paramagnetic material will align with magnetic fields, and diamagnetic material will align weakly with magnetic...
Roble Media
Roble Media: Science Experiment: Magnets
A virtual experiment illustrating the reason behind the attraction between magnetic objects. 1 min, 22 sec]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Battery & Electromagnetism
Watch the experiment in this video to learn information about electromagnetism.
Brightstorm
Brightstorm: Electromagnetic Induction
Educational video clip provides an explanation of electromagnetic induction. [5:24]
Crash Course
Crash Course Kids 15.2: The Science of Lunch
Even an empty lunch sack is useful to science. You can examine it and come up with some traits. In this episode, Sabrina chats about things like malleability, hardness, conductivity, and magnetism. And all with lunch!
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: What Happens When You Levitate Flies?
Everything is a little bit magnetic, says physicist Richard Hill, of The University of Nottingham. So with a powerful magnet, it is possible to levitate almost anything--strawberries, water, insects. In a recent study, Hill levitated...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Electricity and Magnetism: Magnetism 8
A continued discussion of the magnetic forces that two current-carrying wires exert on each other.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Electricity and Magnetism: Introduction to Magnetism
An introduction to magnetism.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Electricity and Magnetism: Magnetism 10: Electric Motors
Why the circuit will keep flipping over in an electric motor.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Discovery of Magnetism: Floating Magnet
Can you use a magnet as a compass? How can you find North vs. South pole?