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Physics4kids: Electricity and Magnetism: Magnets HandoutPhysics4kids: Electricity and Magnetism: Magnets Handout
Publisher
Physics4kids
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Grade
3rd - 8th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Handouts & References
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For Administrator Use
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Lexile Measures
960L
Handout

Physics4kids: Electricity and Magnetism: Magnets

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Here is the site to help you learn all about magnetism and magnets! Find out what a magnet is and how it works. Click for additional details on charges, conductors, magnetic fields, currents, resistance as well as the Laws of Faraday and of Coulomb.

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Concepts

conductors, magnetic fields, magnetism, magnets, coulomb's law, faraday's law

Additional Tags

magnet types, magnetic charges, magnetic currents

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
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