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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physics Simulation: Particle Tracks

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Use this interactive simulation to understand how magnetic forces applied to charges in motion generate circular [centripetal) motion, and how the paths these particles leave provide insight into their...
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NASA

Nasa: Space Place: A Solar Mystery

For Students 3rd - 7th
Students learn about the sun's atmosphere and corona and how the magnetic forces affect them.
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National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Gerd Binnig

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

Magnet Academy: Timeline of Electricity and Magnetism: 1850 1869

For Students 9th - 10th
The Industrial Revolution is in full force, Gramme invents his dynamo and James Clerk Maxwell formulates his series of equations on electrodynamics.
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National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: John Ambrose Fleming

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

Magnet Academy: Electromagnetic Deflection in a Cathode Ray Tube, I

For Students 9th - 10th
Discovering how cathode rays behave in a magnetic field was a big step forward for scientists trying to understand the mysterious phenomenon. (Java tutorial)
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National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Charles Augustin De Coulomb

For Students 9th - 10th
Charles-Augustin de Coulomb invented a device, dubbed the torsion balance, that allowed him to measure very small charges and experimentally estimate the force of attraction or repulsion between two charged bodies. The data he obtained...
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Florida State University

Florida State University: Inductance

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Learn AP Physics

Learn Ap Physics: Physics B: Magnetism

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

Magnet Academy: Seeing Magnetic Field Lines

For Students 9th - 10th
Compasses and special metal filings help you "see" the invisible force of magnetic fields. [2:25]
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Other

Ndt Resource Center: Magnetic Domains

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is an introduction to magnetic domains, including a picture showing distinct domains taken through a process called "Magnetic force microscopy."
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Kids Science: Magnetism

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the science of magnetism. Mysterious force together with electricity.
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Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Magnets, Electromagnets & Fields of Force

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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.
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Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Magnets (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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.
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Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Magnets Tricks (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
A teacher lesson plan which includes a description of 8 different "magnet tricks." Fool your friends or use in a student project.
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American Association of Physics Teachers

Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: E X B Trajectory Model

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Simulate the motion of a charged particle in electric and magnetic fields, and then complete the equations of motion using the Lorentz force law.
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Curie Temperature

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this experiment, students experience the Curie point--and what happens when a piece of iron gets too hot to attract a magnet.
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University of St. Andrews (UK)

University of St. Andrews: James Clerk Maxwell

For Students 9th - 10th
Research resources for James Maxwell (1831-1879), who did revolutionary work on electricity and magnetism and on the kinetic theory of gases.
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Strange Attractor

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the chaotic motion of a pendulum that is swinging above several magnets that are fixed in place and see what patterns you can find.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Changing Fields

For Teachers 11th - 12th
This lesson begins with an activity in which students induce EMF in a coil of wire using magnetic fields. Then, demonstrations on Eddy currents show how a magnetic field can slow magnets just as Eddy currents are used to slow large...
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Magnets and Springs

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This unit gives children experience of forces including attraction and repulsion between magnets, compression and stretching of springs, and stretching of elastic bands. They learn that these forces...
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Walter Fendt

Walter Fendt: Lorentz Force

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive simulation demonstrates the Lorentz force.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Ampere's Law

For Teachers 11th - 12th
The lesson begins with a demonstration introducing students to the force between two current carrying loops, comparing the attraction and repulsion between the loops to that between two magnets. After formal lecture on Ampere's law,...
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University of Florida

Florida Museum of Natural History: Physical Science

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This guide focuses on four physical science topics that fascinate children and scientists alike. They are motion, magnets, sound, and light. With your guidance and support, these topics provide children with many opportunities to explore...

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