Fifth graders construct their own electromagnet out of copper and nails. They discover what objects could be used for magnets. Finally, 5th graders discuss how electric currents are formed.

Students explore magnetic fields. In this science lesson plan, students create a magnetic field using electricity. Students observe the effect of a magnetic field on the compass needle.

Students study the history of telegraph invention. For this technology lesson, students build their own Morse Telegraph System. They discuss how this invention benefits the society.

A solid telling of Oersted's scientific achievements, along with some interesting insight into Oersted's personal beliefs. Many links.

Learn how Hans Christian Oersted's discoveries in electricity led him to discover electromagnetism.

A discovery by Hans Christian Orsted forever changed the way scientists think about electricity and magnetism. While preparing to perform an experiment during a lecture at the University of Copenhagen, he found that the magnetized needle...

NASA provides a nice blending of the achievements of three scientists, Oersted, Ampere, and Maxwell. This done by NASA-sponsored International Solar-Terrestrial Physics group. Lots of pictures, diagrams, and scientific explanation. Good...

Recreate the discovery by Hans Christian Oersted about the relationship between electricity and magnetism in this very simple experiment.

Named in honor of Danish physicist Hans Christian Oersted, Denmark's first satellite has been observing and mapping the magnetic field of the Earth.

Wonderful. You want video of what Hans Christian did 300 years ago? Here it is, quick, easy to show. You have to have Windows Media or equivalent. Nice job. Just the demo, nothing else.

One of the "Episodes in Romantic Science," this is as complete as a biography gets without being a book. Includes great information about Oersted and his electromagnetic work, The definitive source. Heavily footnoted with many additional...

Compasses had been steering people in the right direction for many centuries when, in the year 1820, one particular compass made a very different sort of revelation to an unsuspecting Danish science professor.

An image of Hans Christian Oersted.

An image of Hans Christian Oersted.

Wonderful. You want video of what Hans Christian did 300 years ago? Here it is, quick, easy to show. You have to have Windows Media or equivalent. Nice job. Just the demo, nothing else.

Two scientists share the credit for discovering, and then interpreting, the phenomenon of electromagnetism.

Here you can find a detailed overview of aluminum. Content includes a focus on aluminum's chemical properties, occurrence in nature, uses, and production.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How magnetic polarity provided more evidence for moving continents.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] What a solenoid is and how to change the strength of its magnetic field, and some uses of solenoids.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers the discovery of electromagnetism, how it relates to electricity, and Faraday's law.

Learn about the characteristics, properties, uses, and discovery of aluminum and find out where it is found.