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Curated OER

History of Physics

For Teachers 9th - 12th
For this history worksheet, students use the questions to discover meaningful science and history connections. The worksheet is meant to be viewed online to access individual answers.
Interactive
Curated OER

Basic Electromagnetism and Electromagnetic Induction

For Students 9th - 12th
In this electromagnetism and electromagnetic induction activity, learners answer 12 questions about electricity, about the magnetic fields in given diagrams, about the right-hand rule and about electric current and voltage in magnetic...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Electromagnets

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore electricity by completing a scientific worksheet in class. In this electromagnetism lesson plan, students discuss the history of magnets and how electromagnets are most commonly used in our daily lives. Students complete...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Electricity and Magnetism: Are They Related?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore electricity and magnetism. Through the use of role play, students simulate being a scientist. Experiments are performed during the simulation to discover the relationship between electric current and magnetism. After...
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Curated OER

Magnet Mania

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students explore magnetic fields. For this science lesson, students create a magnetic field using electricity. Students observe the effect of a magnetic field on the compass needle.
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The Invention of the Telegraph

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students study the history of telegraph invention. In this technology lesson, students build their own Morse Telegraph System. They discuss how this invention benefits the society.
Lesson Plan
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(S-4) The Magnetic Sun

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore magnetism and magnetic phenomena on the Sun.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fun With Electromagnets

For Teachers 5th
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.
Handout
Wolfram Research

Wolfram Science World: Hans Oersted (1777 1851)

For Students 9th - 10th
A solid telling of Oersted's scientific achievements, along with some interesting insight into Oersted's personal beliefs. Many links.
Website
NASA

Nasa: Oersted and Ampere Link Electricity

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
Article
Famous Scientists

Famous Scientists: Hans Christian Oersted

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how Hans Christian Oersted's discoveries in electricity led him to discover electromagnetism.
Unit Plan
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Oersted's Compass

For Students 9th - 10th
Recreate the discovery by Hans Christian Oersted about the relationship between electricity and magnetism in this very simple experiment.
Handout
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Oersted Satellite, 1999

For Students 9th - 10th
Named in honor of Danish physicist Hans Christian Oersted, Denmark's first satellite has been observing and mapping the magnetic field of the Earth.
Article
University of Florida

University of Florida: Episodes in Romantic Science

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
Handout
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Oersted's Compass 1820

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
Activity
NC State University

North Carolina St Univ/oersted's Effect

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
Graphic
Curated OER

Hans Christian Oersted

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An image of Hans Christian Oersted.
Graphic
Curated OER

Hans Christian Oersted

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An image of Hans Christian Oersted.
Graphic
Curated OER

North Carolina St Univ/oersted's Effect

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
Handout
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Hans Christian Orsted

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
Handout
Other

Web ref.org: Aluminum

For Students 9th - 10th
Here you can find a detailed overview of aluminum. Content includes a focus on aluminum's chemical properties, occurrence in nature, uses, and production.
Unit Plan
Florida State University

Florida State University: Magnet Lab: Discovery of Electromagnetism

For Students 9th - 10th
Two scientists share the credit for discovering, and then interpreting, the phenomenon of electromagnetism.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Magnetic Polarity Evidence for Continental Drift

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How magnetic polarity provided more evidence for moving continents.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Solenoid

For Students 7th - 9th
[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.

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