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Federal Aviation Administration: How to Make a Compass [Pdf]
Learn what a compass is, how it works, and how you can create a simple one using a sewing needle, magnet, bowl of water, and a piece of paper.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Cereal Magnets
In this activity, students will design a process that removes the most iron from the cereal. This activity is meant for the students to experiment with different materials using what they know about iron, magnets, and forces to design...
Cuemath
Cuemath: Vectors
Explore the world of vectors, by finding answers to questions like what are vectors, what are scalars, what is the difference between scalar and vectors, the magnitude of a vector, operations on vectors, and properties of a vector.
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Electrostatic Repulsion in Van De Graaff Bubbles
A fun look at how Van de Graaff generators illustrate electrostatic forces. (Java tutorial)
Orpheus Books
Q Files: Electricity and Magnetism: Electric Charge
Learn how electric charges work and about Coulomb's Law, which is used to calculate the strength of an electric force.
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: About Magnets (Lesson Plan)
This site provides a lesson plan which includes a hands-on activity about magnetism and magnetic fields. Parts of the plan would be easily adaptable as a student project (for any grade level).
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: Magnet Muscles (Lesson Plan)
A teacher lesson plan which includes a station lab; students navigate through four stations with separate activities on magnetic principles. Easily adaptable as a student project.
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Faraday's Electromagnetic Lab
This interactive lab in electromagnetics effectively illustrates how Faraday's law works.
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Family Education Network: Heavy Metal
An engaging site that provides interesting facts about magnets. Solve a problem and discover how to create a compass.
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: Fish and Clip
Primary activity to help "young scholars understand some of the characteristics of magnets." Would work well in conjunction with a theme on underwater creatures or fish.
Concord Consortium
The Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench: Lorentz Force 3 D
Adjust the magnetic field intensity and the particle speed in this simulation to observe the affect the movement of the particle.
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: Electromagnets
This lesson plan contains several activities designed to help the student understand the magnetic effects of an electrical current.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Flux in Spinning Coil With Graphs Lab
This lab was designed to have students look at the graphs for flux vs. time and electromotive force vs. time for a coil spinning in a magnetic field. Students will be able to vary the size of the coil, the rate at which the coil spins...
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Flux in Spinning Coil Lab
This lab was designed to have students map out the flux as function of time for a coil spinning in a magnetic field. From their date they also calculate the electromotive force for each data point they collect. Finally, they graph the...
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Motor Effect
"A magnet exerts a force on current-carrying wire." This simple device shows how magnets affect wires with current in them, the basis of the electric motor. If you see, feel and understand this, the electric motor becomes very clear.
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: How Potato Cannons Work
A slideshow carbo-loaded with information on how the pneumatic potato cannon works. [3:00]
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: How Electrons Move
A collection of interactive activities and games to explore how electric fields and magnetic fields move electrons and charged particles in directions that can be planned. Understand that knowing how to control the movement of electrons...
American Association of Physics Teachers
Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Faraday Loop Model
Complete this model of a Faraday loop by adding the equations to explicate a conducting loop in a constant magnetic filed.
American Association of Physics Teachers
Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Falling Loop Model
Change the size and orientation of a conducting loop falling out of a region of uniform magnetic field. Then, the data is plotted on an interactive graph.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Put the Charge in the Goal
Students face a game-like challenge to use electrostatic forces to move a charged puck into a goal. By placing charges on the rink, a charged puck can be attracted and repelled around obstacles and into a goal.
Curated OER
Science Kids: Science Images: Magnet Poles
This photo clearly shows that like poles of a magnet repel each other. This effect can be quite strong. In this image, as a child holds down the top magnet down with their fingers, it looks like the top magnet is floating due to the...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: What Is Faraday's Law?
Do you know how to induce an electromotive force? This reference page will help you understand why Faraday's law mean and how to use it.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Newton's First Law of Motion
A clear explanation of Newton's First Law of Motion, the law of inertia, with diagrams and real-world examples. Useful for both students and teachers. Written by a high school physics teacher.
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The James Clerk Maxwell Foundation
The home page of the The James Clerk Maxwell Foundation, a charitable foundation to commemorate the life and work of James Clerk Maxwell. View Maxwell's house and read about the personal life of this notable scientist.
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