Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Magnetic Shielding
An activity where students test different materials to see which allow magnetic lines of force to pass through them and which block the magnetic lines of force.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physics: Magnetism Study Guide
Explore and review magnetism in this review guide.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Electromagnetic Forces
Given schematic diagrams, illustrations or descriptions, students will identify the relationship of electric and magnetic fields in applications such as generators, motors, and transformers.
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: William Gilbert
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...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Force Over Distance
Can you think of an experiment that would let you see how magnetic force depends on distance?
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Charge Moving Through Magnetic Field Lab
This lab was designed to have students figure out the formula for the force on a charge moving through a magnetic field. Then they are to see how the direction of the force is dependent on the direction of the charge's motion and the...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: The Magnetic Maglev Train
This is a hands-on, inquiry-based lesson that includes three magnetic stations in which students or small groups rotate in order to test and discover different magnetic properties and then use their knowledge to build a Maglev Train...
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Charge Moving Through Magnetic Field
Find the force and the direction of the force on a charged particle moving through a magnetic field.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Force on an Electric Current in a Magnetic Field
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students learn how a magnetic field affects moving charged particles or an electric current carried by a wire.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Electromotive Force
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Explains what electromotive force, or EMF, is, and how to calculate the EMF of a moving wire in a magnetic field.
Other
Magnet Man: Cool Experiments With Magnets
Here is a lengthy listing of activities and resources pertaining to magnets and magnetism. Experiments which can be performed with many different types of magnets are described; detailed directions and photos are provided.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: May the Force Be With You!
The goal of this lesson is to provide students with hands on experiences, while learning about magnets. This lesson engages students in experiments which explore magnet use. An emphasis is placed on open-ended questions which encourage...
Open Ed
Open Ed Sci: 8.3 Forces at a Distance
This unit launches with a slow-motion video of a speaker as it plays music. In the previous unit, students developed a model of sound. This unit allows students to investigate the cause of a speaker's vibration in addition to the effect.
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 Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin: 5 Magnetism
From an online teacher demonstration book. Includes a description and explanation of five demonstrations on a variety of magnetism topics. Interesting and captivating demos.
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Gerd Binnig
Gerd Binnig co-developed the scanning tunneling microscope (STM) with Heinrich Rohrer. The STM allowed scientists entry into the atomic world in a new way and was a major advance in the field of nanotechnology. For their achievement,...
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: John Ambrose Fleming
John Ambrose Fleming was an electronics pioneer who invented the oscillation valve, or vacuum tube, a device that would help make radios, televisions, telephones and even early electronic computers possible. A brilliant innovator,...
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Electromagnetic Deflection in a Cathode Ray Tube, I
Discovering how cathode rays behave in a magnetic field was a big step forward for scientists trying to understand the mysterious phenomenon. (Java tutorial)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Resources: Electromagnetic Field Theory
College-level electrical engineering textbook starting from the Coulomb-Lorentz force law on a point charge. Sample problems that reinforce the content are found at the end of each chapter. Includes downloadable excerpts of the textbook...
Florida State University
Florida State University: Inductance
This article surveys inductance and its different forms. It discusses numerous topics associated with inductance such as Faraday's Law, self and mutual inductance, inductors, and magnetic field lines.
Learn AP Physics
Learn Ap Physics: Physics B: Magnetism
A site dedicated to help students prepare for the AP Physics B test. This specific site reviews magnetism including the magnetic field, magnetic field, forces on a moving charge, forces on current-carrying wires, and electromagnetic...
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Seeing Magnetic Field Lines
Compasses and special metal filings help you "see" the invisible force of magnetic fields. [2:25]
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: Magnets (Lesson Plan)
A teacher lesson plan which includes six hands-on activities regarding magnets. Students will be able to experience magnetism; explain how magnets, magnetic poles and magnetic fields are related; and formulate the force law for magnets.