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Teach Engineering: Drawing Magnetic Fields

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Students use a compass and a permanent magnet to trace the magnetic field lines produced by the magnet. By positioning the compass in enough spots around the magnet, the overall magnet field will be evident from the collection of arrows representing the direction of the compass needle. In activities 3 and 4 of this unit, students will use this information to design a way to solve the grand challenge of separating metal for a recycling company.

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magnetic poles, stem, magnetic fields

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electrical engineering concepts, ferromagnetism, integrated teaching and learning program and laboratory, teachengineering, magnetic field
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Grade
9th - 10th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Activities & Projects
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For Administrator Use
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Lexile Measures
0L

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