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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Courses: Physics: Electricity and Magnetism

For Students 9th - 10th
College-level physics course highlighting electromagnetism. This course also includes a wide variety of other physics topics including lightning, electrocardiograms, metal detectors, and atom smashers, to name a few. Course includes a...
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Physics4kids

Physics4kids: Electricity and Magnetism: Magnets

For Students 3rd - 8th
Here is the site to help you learn all about magnetism and magnets! Find out what a magnet is and how it works. Click for additional details on charges, conductors, magnetic fields, currents, resistance as well as the Laws of Faraday and...
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National Institutes of Health

Niehs: Kids' Pages: What Are Electric and Magnetic Fields?

For Students 3rd - 5th
Informational fact sheet on electricity with emphasis on electric and magnetic fields.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Thomson's Cathode Ray Tube Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
This lab is designed to have students look at the deflection of a cathode ray beam using magnetic fields and electric fields.
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Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Gauss's Law

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of video lectures about Gauss's Law taught at East Los Angeles College The course teaches about the alternative method to calculate the electric field with explanations and examples. Site includes fourteen lectures that vary...
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Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Target Game

For Students 9th - 10th
Steer a charged particle to a target. Place particles in the game and charge them to guide a positive projectile around obstacles to hit a target. You can place any number of charged objects in any location to steer the positive particle...
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Force Electric in a Line

For Students 9th - 10th
Students must find the net force on one of the charges in a line of charges.
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Learn Engineering

Learn Engineering: Understanding Rotating Magnetic Field & Synchronous Speed

For Students 11th - 12th
Get information about rotating magnetic fields and how electric machines use them for their operation. Discusses synchronous speed and number of poles on an electrical machine. The accompanying article discusses the topics found in the...
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Michigan State University

Michigan State University: Physics: Coulomb's Law

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is a presentation of Coulomb's Law and the electric field potential formula, with example problems.
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Science Struck

Science Struck: The Relationship Between Magnetism and Electricity

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a short explanation of the similarities between magnetism and electricity, the properties of their fields, and the effect they each have on a charged particle.
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Orpheus Books

Q Files: Electricity and Magnetism: Electric Charge

For Students 5th - 8th
Learn how electric charges work and about Coulomb's Law, which is used to calculate the strength of an electric force.
Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Abracadabra! Levitating With Eddy Currents!

For Students 9th - 10th
Did you know that not all trains run on tracks? Some of the world's fastest trains are magnetic levitation trains (maglev). This means that the carriage of the train is suspended over the rails with no support, but only with magnetic...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Currents, Resistors, and Power

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive tutorial students will learn about electric current, resistance and current density. Learn how current density relates to electric field strength and how resistance produces heat.
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Concord Consortium

What Are the Factors That Affect How Strongly Objects Interact With Each Other?

For Students 9th - 10th
Exploration of models of electric field to explain how charged objects interact with other objects via simulations, practice and activities. Sponsored by Concord Consortium and the CREATE for STEM Institute at Michigan State University.
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Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: What Are Factors That Affect How Strongly Objects Interact With Each Other?

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore and use models of electric fields to explain how charged objects interact with other objects.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Electrical Conductivity

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the encyclopedic entry for electrical conductivity from Wikipedia.com. The site provides a brief introduction to the topic but provides numerous links to information relative to the topic.
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American Association of Physics Teachers

Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Electric Generator Model

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An electromagnetic induction model that simulates an electric generator made from a conducting loop rotating in a uniform magnetic field and connected to an ammeter.
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US National Library of Medicine

Medline Plus: Electromagnetic Fields

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides links to a variety of government-sponsored overviews and articles on electromagnetic fields and their associated health risks.
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Other

The Skeptic's Dictionary: Electromagnetic Fields (Em Fs)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site explores what electromagnetic fields are, how they are caused, and their link (or lack thereof) to cancer.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Experiment: What's the Shape of a Magnetic Field?

For Students 9th - 10th
See drawing from Hans Christian Orsted's lab notebook showing an experiment in which an electric charge passing through a wire seemed to create a magnetic field!
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Physics4kids

Physics 4 Kids: Electricity and Magnetism Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
Take this 10 question multiple choice quiz on electricity and magnetism.
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Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Electric Potential Energy and Charge Intensity

For Students 9th - 10th
Compare the potential energy of particles with varying amounts of charge.
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Other

Bc Hydro: Power Smart for Schools: Electromagnetism

For Students 6th - 8th
This set of activities has students using everyday items (batteries, magnets, compasses, iron and paper clips) to reveal the connection between electricity and magnetism. Ideally, students will already have experience building simple...
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Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench Showcase: Physics, Electromagnetism

For Students 9th - 10th
Students can use these simulations to understand concepts in electromagnetism. Simulations are available on the following concepts: Lorentz Force, The Hall Effect, capacitor, conductor, transistor, cyclotron, static electricity....

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