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Magnetism: What is a Magnetic Field?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students make a compass.  In this magnetism instructional activity, students use the Internet to research magnetic fields and perform an experiment to find the magnetic fields around different magnets.  Students use the...
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Current-Carrying Coils In Magnetic Fields

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students predict the direction of movement for the pointer of a home-made galvanometer for a given current direction and describe how the current-carrying coil exerts a force on the magnet.