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.
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: How Electrons Move
A collection of interactive activities and games to explore how electric fields and magnetic fields move electrons and charged particles in directions that can be planned. Understand that knowing how to control the movement of electrons...
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: The Tesla Coil
What's behind the cool purple sparks? Neat science about resonance and transformers. Slideshow: [6:00]
Science Museum, London
Science Museum: Pocket Motor
Teacher directed activity shows students how flowing electrical current produces a magnetic field by building a simple motor.
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Guitar Pickup
Keith Richards and Eric Clapton owe their fame and fortune (in part) to electromagnetic induction. (Java tutorial)
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Audion
In 1906, American physicist Lee De Forest invented the Audion (or triode), building on John Fleming's discovery of the diode just a few years before.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Curie Temperature
In this experiment, students experience the Curie point--and what happens when a piece of iron gets too hot to attract a magnet.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Ferromagnetic Material
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Explores what makes a material magnetic, ferromagnetic materials and how they can be magnetised, temporary and permanent magnets, and the mineral magnetite.
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Right and Left Hand Rules
No fancy movement in this tutorial, but these rules come in very handy when trying to understand some of what's going on in our other tutorials.
PBS
Pbs: Who Made America?: Innovators: Samuel Insull
This British-born businessman made cheap public utilities a reality for Americans, bringing them electricity and an improved quality of life.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Rail Gun Lab
This lab was designed to have students test the factors that affect the acceleration of a metal bar that is carrying a current through a magnetic field.
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Faraday Motor 1821
Few inventions have shaped technology as much as the electric motor, but the very first version - the Faraday motor - didn't look anything like the modern motor.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Kids Science: Magnetism
Kids learn about the science of magnetism. Mysterious force together with electricity.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Practice Science Questions: Easy Electronics and Magnetism
Practice science questions on the subject of easy electronics and magnetism can be found on this website.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Practice Science Answers: Easy Electronics and Magnetism
Find the answers to the science quiz on the subject of easy electronics and magnetism on this site.
American Association of Physics Teachers
Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Electric Generator Model
An electromagnetic induction model that simulates an electric generator made from a conducting loop rotating in a uniform magnetic field and connected to an ammeter.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Charles Augustin De Coulomb
Spanish-language site lets students discover the life and work of this physicist and engineer, who is known for his studies of electric charges.
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Faraday Motor
Just a year after electromagnetism was discovered, the great scientific thinker Michael Faraday figured out how to turn it into motion. (Java tutorial)
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Experiment: What's the Shape of a Magnetic Field?
See drawing from Hans Christian Orsted's lab notebook showing an experiment in which an electric charge passing through a wire seemed to create a magnetic field!
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Hans Christian Oersted
Learn how Hans Christian Oersted's discoveries in electricity led him to discover electromagnetism.
University of Wisconsin
The Why Files: Got a Jones for Indiana Jones?
Archeologists use radar, magnetic, electrical sensors to see through the ground, find where to dig, sonar, ground-penetrating radar.
Science Museum, London
Science Museum: Launchpad Online: Launchball
Use your knowledge of physics concepts like electricity, reflection, magnetism, etc. to complete interactive online puzzles.
Utah State Office of Education
Utah Science: The Mysterious Force
There is a secret mysterious force in your home right this very moment! Try these activities to first identify that force and then extend your knowledge of the force by investigating the other activities provided.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Solar House
In this What's Up in the Environment? video segment, an electrical engineer in Virginia and his 13-year-old son explain how they produce electricity in their home. [3:58]