Curated Video
how starter motors work
Do you know how a starter motor works? In this video, we're going to take a look at the basics of starter motors and see how they work.
Visual Learning Systems
Magnets and Electromagnetism: Electromagnets
Upon viewing the Magnets and Electromagnets video series, students will be able to do the following: Define a magnet as a material that attracts iron and materials containing iron. Explain that magnets have a north pole and a south pole...
Next Animation Studio
Magnetic hovering houses the future of earthquake-proofing homes?
Greg Henderson, the co-founder and CEO of Arx Pax, says electromagnetic hoverboard technology may be the future of earthquake-proofed homes. Most earthquake-proofing systems decouple buildings from the ground using "base isolation...
Physics Girl
How to Shrink a Quarter with Electricity
How an 8000V electromagnet can be used to shrink a quarter. The interplay between electric and magnetic forces leads to the Lorentz Force and Faraday’s law of induction which can be used to shrink a quarter, or any other type of metal coin.
Next Animation Studio
China’s new hovering train is faste
The new train uses electromagnets to hover and move, and it can easily beat a passenger jet on a thousand-kilometer route.
Curated Video
The History and Mechanics of the Electric Guitar
The electric guitar comes from a long line of stringed instruments leading all the way back to the lute! Learn how and why the instrument transformed into its amplified and electric form and how it has evolved into an iconic instrument...
FuseSchool
PHYSICS - Magnetism - Current and Magnetic Fields
Electromagnets are incredibly useful. They can do all the things a normal magnet can do, but can also be switched on and off. Electromagnets have many uses, from moving cars in a scrap yard to high speed Maglev trains. The trains are...
Physics Girl
Exploding soda cans with electromagnets in SLOW MOTION ft Joe Hanson
Watch a soda can rip itself apart in a fiery explosion at 11,000fps with a Phantom high speed camera. Running a current through a coil, produces an electromagnet. Turn up the voltage in this experiment, and make that current strong...
Curated Video
Real-World Applications of Electromagnetic Devices
This is a lecture on electromagnetic devices, exploring the real-world applications of electromagnets. The video describes how an electromagnet works, with a solenoid and iron core generating a magnetic field when a current is flowing...
FuseSchool
Current & Magnetic Fields
Current & Magnetic Fields | Magnetism | Physics | FuseSchool Electromagnets are incredibly useful. They can do all the things a normal magnet can do, but can also be switched on and off. Electromagnets have many uses, from moving cars in...
Curated Video
How does an Electric Motor work? DC Motor explained
DC Motor explained - in this video we look at how does a dc motor work to understand the basic working principle of a DC motor. We consider conventional current, electron flow, the winding, armature, rotor, shaft, stator, brushes, brush...
Rock 'N Learn
Physical Science : Magnetic Forces
Physical Science for Kids is the fun way to learn important facts about physical science and get ready for tests. Take a fascinating journey to the Super Science Station to learn about magnetic forces.
Mazz Media
Magnetism
Magnets can be found in many objects that we use everyday. Not only are they located in man-made objects, but magnetic materials can be found in nature as well. In fact, the mineral, magnetite, was found to have magnetic properties long...
DoodleScience
Electromagnets and Electromagnetic Induction _ GCSE Physics
When a current flows through a wire it causes a magnetic field to be produced around the wire. For a single piece of wire, the magnetic field is made up of concentric circles around the centre. If you coil the wire up however, the...
Visual Learning Systems
Magnets and Electromagnetism: Electricity From Magnets
Upon viewing the Magnets and Electromagnets video series, students will be able to do the following: Define a magnet as a material that attracts iron and materials containing iron. Explain that magnets have a north pole and a south pole...
Science Buddies
How Does an Electromagnet Work?
You may be familiar with permanent magnets—the kind that hang on a refrigerator. But did you know that other magnets, called electromagnets, can be turned on and off? When turned on, electromagnets act just like permanent magnets, but if...
Science Buddies
Magnetism & Electromagnetism Tutorial
This video provides an introduction to basic concepts in magnetism, including magnetic poles, magnetic fields, and electromagnets.
Visual Learning Systems
What Are Magnets?: Using Magnets
Magnets are unusual and fun tools that serve many useful purposes. This colorful, action-packed program emphasizes the characteristics and behavior of magnets. Special emphasis is also given to electromagnets and the importance of...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Canadian metals production during WWII
Factory floor with heavy machinery / VS men assembling automobiles / VS five men grouped over blueprints; men's hands making notation on schematic; three men in discussion in factory, and men looking over machinery / VS trucks rolling...
University of Nottingham
Sixty Symbols: Symbols of Physics and Astronomy: Magnetic Fields
Scientists explain what a magnetic field is, in everyday science and in astronomy. See examples of magnets and magnetic fields, as well as an example of an electromagnet. [8:25]
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]
Science for Kids
Science Kids: Scientist Videos: Nikola Tesla Biography
Learn about Nikola Tesla, a scientist and inventor who played a key role in the field of electromagnetism and greatly contributed to the development of commercial alternating current electricity. [2:53]
Science for Kids
Science Kids: Physics Videos: Magnets and Electromagnetism
Learn magnet basics and see how to make an electromagnet. [10:27]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Electromagnet: Electromagnetic Field (Above vs. Below)
Testing the direction of force when the current carrying wire is above vs. below a compass. What does this tell us? [0:27]