National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Mag Lab: Image Furnace
Scientists use image furnaces to grow crystals at very high temperatures. A built-in camera allows them to observe in action a delicate process that is equal parts art and science.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Auroras Paintings in the Sky
This site offers a very nice, detailed explanation of auroras along with some inspiring images and videos.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Supplemental Resources: Electromagnetic Fields and Energy
College-level textbook highlighting electromagnetism concepts. Many of the topics are explained in video demonstrations.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: This Is an Antimagnet
From ABC News in Science, Julie Steenhuysen's article covers research into antiferromagnets (or antimagnets) and their "external magnetic field."
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.
Cosmo Learning
Cosmo Learning: Faraday's Law
A collection of video lectures covering the topic of Faraday's law taught at East Los Angeles College. In ten lectures, discover how a magnetic field interacts with an electric circuit to produce an electromotive force. Lectures vary in...
Concord Consortium
The Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench: The Hall Effect
Adjust the magnetic field in this simulation to see how the flow of electricity is affected.
Canada Science and Technology Museum
Canada Science and Technology Museum: Background Information for Electricity
The Canada Science and Technology Museum answers some of the most common questions about electricity. For example, get the definition of electricity, the difference between alternating and direct currents, and learn how a fuse works.
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.
Vision Learning
Visionlearning: Physics: Light Ii: Electromagnetism
Instructional module focusing on light and electromagnetism. Discussion includes historical discoveries that led to the understanding of the electromagnetic spectrum. Site also includes an interactive practice quiz and links relating to...
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: Magnets, Electromagnets & Fields of Force
A teacher lesson plan which includes several student activities on magnetism, force fields, and magnetic induction. May provide an idea for a student project or lab investigation.
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: Introduction to Magnets (Classroom Unit)
A teacher unit which includes several hands-on activities about types of magnets, magnetism, and electrostatics. An activity designed to suit all grade levels. Many parts of the activity would be easily adaptable as a student project.
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: Magnet Muscles (Lesson Plan)
A teacher lesson plan which includes a station lab; learners navigate through four stations with separate activities on magnetic principles. Easily adaptable as a student project.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Electromagnetic Waves: Lesson 1
This lesson will show how a particle can travel in a wave form, by following perpendicular electric and magnetic fields. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "Electromagnetic Waves."
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Curie Point
Did you know that a piece of iron can lose its magnetism if heated too high? There is a point called the Curie point when iron is heated to a high enough temperature that its iron atoms are scrambled and can't line up to form a magnetic...
NASA
Nasa: Our Restless Planet
This animation library is a great resource for a diverse list of earth science topics including: tsunamis, land subsidence, magnetic fields, volcanoes earthquakes, floods, and sea level changes.
Tech Target
Whatis.com: Permeability
This resource defines magnetic permeability and then describes how it is used to classify materials as diamagnetic, paramagnetic, or ferromagnetic.
OpenSciEd
Open Sci Ed: 8.3 Forces at a Distance
This unit allows students to investigate the cause of a speaker's vibration in addition to the effect.
University of Oregon
University of Oregon: Electromagnetism
A solid summary from the University of Oregon of the work of James Maxwell Clerk, Michael Faraday, and others in the field of electric and magnetic phenomena. This is a fine essay.
Other
This Old Earth: Geology Online: Paleomagnetism and Continental Drift
Discusses discoveries that laid the foundation for scientists' understanding of paleomagnetism, continental drift, and magnetic reversals.
Other
Quackwatch: Power Lines and Cancer Nothing to Fear
This site explores the history of power lines and cancer associations, as well as dispelling the myth. The science is explored by citing known facts, studies and experts in the field.
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.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physics Simulation: Galvanometer
[Free Registration/Login Required] Understand how the magnetic field generated by loops of current-carrying wire is used to create measuring devices like voltmeters and ammeters with this interactive simulation. A PDF worksheet and a...
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Permeability
A good visual introduction to permeability, comparing the magnetic permeabilities of air and iron. This site provides a good conceptual introduction to this topic.
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