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Curated OER

Intermediate Electromagnetism and Electromagnetic Induction

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
For this electrical circuit worksheet, students answer a series of 24 open-ended questions about electromagnetism and electromagnetic induction. This worksheet is printable and the answers are revealed online.
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Curated OER

Basic Electromagnetism and Electromagnetic Induction

For Students 9th - 12th
In this electromagnetism and electromagnetic induction activity, students 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...
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Curated OER

Inductance

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this inductance learning exercise, students answer 20 questions about magnetic fields as they relate to inductors, inertia, transistors, and the flow of current through circuits.
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Deducing Induction

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine how changing magnetic fields induce currents in loops and coils, determine orientation and magnitude of magnetic field, describe Michael Faraday's experiments that led to conclusion that changing magnetic force induces...
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Lenz's Law

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students conduct a series of experiments on electromagnetic induction. In this physics lesson, students apply the right hand rule to determine the current direction and electromotive force. They test Lenz's and Faraday's law by observing...
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US Department of Energy

The Ring Fling Machine

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Class members build a machine to demonstrate Lenz's law and help this scientific principle come to life. After building a ring fling machine, instructions for properly operating the machine and a few thought-provoking questions lead to...
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Curated OER

Electromagnetism - Electromagnetic Induction

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners investigate electromagnetic induction. In this physics lesson, students construct Faraday's coil to observe what happens when a wire moves through a changing electromagnetic field. They complete lab report and present results to...
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Curated OER

The Invention of Faraday Cage

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students demonstrate how Faraday's cage work by building their own electroscope. In this physics instructional activity, students explain how Faraday's cage work. They cite several applications of this principle in the real world.
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Curated OER

Induction: Inquiry in Action

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students investigate the factors that affect the induced current in a loop of wire. They discuss Faraday's Law and Lenz's Law. Students identify the different variables that affect the magnetic flux and calculate the magnetic flux...
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Circuits and Magnetic Fields

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Have your class use compasses to try to find the magnetic field around an electric current. Groups use the same technique to visualize magnetic fields as they did in the second activity in the series, but this time, the field is...
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Electromagnetism - Transformers

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students build small circuits using transformers. In this electromagnetism lesson plan, students will show that transformers increase voltage which leads to an increase in current. An ammeter and the brightness of a light bulb will be...
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Microphones

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this microphones worksheet, students answer five questions about different types of microphones such as moving coil, crystal, and carbon microphones.
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Curated OER

Designing Machines

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students explore simple and compound machines. In groups of four students, they design a compound machine using K'NEX that has a stated purpose and consists of at least two simple machines.
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Curated OER

The Historiography on Robert Boyle: Was Boyle the Progenitor of Modern Science?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students participate in a warm-up activity by attending a football match writing an account of who won the game. They discuss how their account could differ from someone else's account of the game. They discuss how different people's...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Basic circuit troubleshooting

For Students 6th - 12th
In this circuit worksheet students complete a series of questions using diagrams of different types of circuits and explain why they fail or work. 
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AC Motor Theory

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this electrical circuit activity, students answer a series of 20 open-ended questions about AC motor circuits.  This activity is printable and the answers are revealed online.
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Curated OER

Electrical Generators

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students study what an electric generator does and its history.  In this energy lesson students complete several experiments including building their own electric generator.
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Curated OER

Electromagnetism

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students construct a simple generator.  In this electromagnetism lesson students divide into groups and perform the experiments on the given sheet. 
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Curated OER

Pollution Unit Plan

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders examine what pollution is and the ways in which it effects the environment. They investigate ways to reduce it effects in this unit of lessons.
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Curated OER

Wimshurst Machine

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine what a Wimshurst machine is and how it operates.  In this mechanics lesson students build a Wimshurst machine and watch it in action.
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Sports and Exercise Activity

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders practice utilizing motor skills by participating in different sports activities.  In this physical education lesson, 8th graders participate in racquetball, shuttle cock, and baseball style activities in order to...
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Science Struck

Science Struck: Lcr Meter Working Principle and Uses

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what an LCR meter is and how it is used to measure the inductance, capacitance, and resistance of a circuit. Lists the different parameters of a circuit that it measures, describes two types of LCR meters, and gives definitions...
Handout
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Michael Faraday

For Students 9th - 10th
A self-educated man with a brilliant mind, Michael Faraday was born in a hardscrabble neighborhood in London. Through the combination of insatiable curiosity and a powerful will to succeed, he transcended his austere beginnings to...
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MadSci Network

Mad Scientist Network: Building a Wimshurst Machine

For Students 9th - 10th
Using a question and answer format, this page is a response to a question on how to build and use a Wimshurst machine. Directions and suggestions for building such a device are given. The principle of electrostatic induction which...