Students explore the definition of a portrait. In this portrait analysis lesson, students discuss two of Dorothea Lange's portraits and create their own portraits of their classmates.

Students review the Madeline Hunter Direct Instruction Model. They incorporate objectives, standards, anticipatory set and modeling. Students use guided practice/monitoring and closure daily.

Students explore different types of homes and how the environment effects the types of houses people construct. For this houses lesson plan, students learn about environmental factors and cultural factors that play in to why people build...

Our magnets are like world-class athletes - Team Tesla, if you will. They have an awful lot of power, but to stay in that kind of shape, they need to eat and drink - a lot.

Molecular Expressions is a comprehensive scientific educational resource that features a considerable collection of interactive Java tutorials relating to electricity and magnetism. Tutorials range in complexity and difficulty of...

What are those big, silver containers that scientists push down the Magnet lab hallways? Find out what these devices are in this short article.

This site describes and demonstrates a number of important concepts related to direct current circuits. Information on many of the featured topics, such as the use of Ohm's law and Kirchhoff's laws. Examples of featured topics include...

The site is very easy to read and provides a thorough demystification of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. Written by Dr. Joseph P. Hornak, a professor of Chemistry and Imaging Science at the Rochester Institute of Technology, the site breaks...

These physics lessons and tutorials are designed to be a resource for learning introductory level, algebra-based physics. Organization is by topic, but a search option is available for quickly finding specific information. Although most...

The MagLab has its own machine shop, complete with an experienced, talented staff. These craftsmen collaborate closely with renowned scientists to create one-of-a-kind magnet parts that make possible experiments done nowhere else in the...

A primer on magnets from Walker Magnetics.

Although specifically designed for physics students at Caltech, anyone interested in learning more about electricity, magnetism or various other physical phenomena can benefit by exploring these interactive applets. A circuit tutorial...

If your knowledge of magnets ends with posting a to-do list on the fridge, add this to the list. Learn more about magnets! You can start here with a straightforward rundown of magnet types, uses and strengths, explained in a way that...

When you have the most powerful MRI machine in the world, there's a lot of exciting research going on. Read about some of the cutting-edge studies we do on neurodegenerative diseases, cancer, tobacco use, muscles and more.

Now that MRIs have been around for a few decades, patients and doctors tend to take them for granted. But these awesome diagnostic tools, powered by strong superconducting magnets, save countless lives with their ability to pinpoint...

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

The Magnet Lab's magnet-building team has a way of customizing even the most straightforward tools of its trade, the cable-in-conduit conductor spool. This article explains the significance of this tool.

FT-ICR is a powerful type of mass spectrometry, co-invented by the Magnet Lab's Alan Marshall, particularly suited to identifying heavy molecules. (Java tutorial)

Vasarosnamenyi Baro Eotvos Lorand, better known as Roland Eotvos or Lorand Eotvos throughout much of the world, was a Hungarian physicist who is most recognized for his extensive experimental work involving gravity, but who also made...

Physicist Felix Bloch developed a non-destructive technique for precisely observing and measuring the magnetic properties of nuclear particles. He called his technique "nuclear induction," but nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) soon became...

Chemist Paul Lauterbur pioneered the use of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) for medical imaging. He developed a technique, now known as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), in the early 1970s that involves the introduction of gradients in...

In MRI, magnetic fields and radio wave pulses combine to get a unique, and medically beneficial, response from your body's hydrogen atoms. Take a peek in this tutorial.

William Gilbert was an English physician and natural philosopher who wrote a six-volume treatise that compiled all of the information regarding magnetism and electricity known at the time. The work included descriptions of many of...

You can create a stronger, more concentrated magnetic field by taking wire and forming it into a coil called a solenoid. (Java tutorial)