National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Magnetic Field of a Solenoid
You can create a stronger, more concentrated magnetic field by taking wire and forming it into a coil called a solenoid. (Java tutorial)
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Make a Compass
Learn how to make a simple compass right at home. [1 min, 21 secs]
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Magnetic Lines of Force
In this activity discover the direction of the magnetic field by making patterns of the field visible with iron filings.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Magnetic Shielding
An activity where students test different materials to see which allow magnetic lines of force to pass through them and which block the magnetic lines of force.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Properties of Magnets
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Looks at magnetic materials and the structure and breadth of a magnetic field. The concept of magnetic domains is explained, and how they behave in a magnetic field....
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Electromotive Force
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Explains what electromotive force, or EMF, is, and how to calculate the EMF of a moving wire in a magnetic field.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Eddy Currents
An activity exploring eddy currents by having a magnet fall through a metallic and nonmetallic tube.
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Drawing Field Lines
A well illustrated activity where students investigate and draw the magnetic field lines created with a bar magnet and a compass.
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Making Ferrofluid
An interesting activity where students make a ferrofluid (a liquid with magnetic particles floating in it) and explore how it responds to a magnetic field. Well illustrated.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Building an Electromagnet
Student teams investigate the properties of electromagnets. They create their own small electromagnet and experiment with ways to change its strength to pick up more paper clips. Students learn about ways that engineers use...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Northward Ho!
In this activity, students will create their own simple compass, be able to explain how a compass works, understand that the Earth's magnetic field has both horizontal and vertical components, and learn more about cardinal directions.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Find Your Own Direction
In this activity, students create their own simple compass using thread, needle and water in a bowl - and learn how it works.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: A Magnetic Personality
Learners learn about magnets and how they are formed. They investigate the properties of magnets and how engineers use magnets in technology. Specifically, students learn about magnetic memory storage, which is the reading and writing of...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Magnetic Polarity Evidence for Continental Drift
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How magnetic polarity provided more evidence for moving continents.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Plix: Magnetic Evidence for Seafloor Spreading
[Free Registration/Login Required] A site giving an animation of how the minerals on the seafloor could provide evidence for seafloor spreading. Also included is a short quiz.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Solenoid
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] What a solenoid is and how to change the strength of its magnetic field, and some uses of solenoids.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Chemistry: Electrons
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Explains the determination of properties of the electron.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Magnetic Attraction
Students complete a series of six short investigations involving magnets to learn more about their properties. Students also discuss engineering uses for magnets and brainstorm examples of magnets in use in their everyday lives.
NASA
Nasa: Magnetic Fields
This site from NASA provides a short, illustrated description of the basics of magnetic fields and magnetic poles.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Motor Effect
"A magnet exerts a force on current-carrying wire." This simple device shows how magnets affect wires with current in them, the basis of the electric motor. If you see, feel and understand this, the electric motor becomes very clear.
Other
Spacetech's Orrery: Earth Our Home Planet
This site provides a very interesting overview of our home planet, Earth. Content includes a focus on the atmosphere, the pull of gravity, and the active surface.
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National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Learning About Magnets [Pdf]
A seventeen-page activity book on magnets. Includes facts, learning activities, puzzles, and profiles of scientists.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Energy, Light and Sound: Magnetism
A slideshow and a short multiple-choice quiz on the basic concepts and vocabulary of magnetism.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Detect a Magnet's Field
In this physics lab students discover the invisible magnetic field where the magnet can exert its power to push or pull.