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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Permeability (Magnetism)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate magnetic permeability and saturation. In this physics lesson, students explain how current carrying wire coils create magnetic forces. They interpret normal magnetization curves.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Creating Magnetic Forces

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars discover magnetic forces. In this magnetic experiment lesson, students explore magnetism. Young scholars conduct experiments and discover magnetic poles and magnetic strength.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

How Fast Does the Sun Spin?

For Students 8th - 10th
In this rotation of celestial bodies worksheet, students determine the speed of the sun's rotation and they determine the number of days it takes the sun to rotate once at the equator. They identify the geometric factor that causes...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Magnetic Forces and Particle Motion

For Students 9th - 11th
In this magnetic forces and particle motion worksheet, students use the equation for the radius of a spiral to answer 3 questions about charged particle motion.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Science: Building an Electric Motor

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars build their own electric motors and use them to conduct experiments. Following a step-by-step procedure, they make wire coils by wrapping wire around disc magnets and complete the process with clay, paper clips, alligator...
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Unit Plan
Cuemath

Cuemath: Vectors

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explore the world of vectors, by finding answers to questions like what are vectors, what are scalars, what is the difference between scalar and vectors, the magnitude of a vector, operations on vectors, and properties of a vector.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Magnets!

For Teachers K - 1st
Learn about magnets, magnetic forces, and how magnets make things move.
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Handout
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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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Two Sides of One Force

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students learn more about magnetism, and how magnetism and electricity are related in electromagnets. They learn the fundamentals about how simple electric motors and electromagnets work. Students also learn about hybrid...
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Interactive
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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Study Guide
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Using the Right Hand Rule

For Students 9th - 10th
Physicists use a hand mnemonic known as the right-hand rule to help remember the direction of magnetic forces. The right-hand rule is based on the underlying physics that relates magnetic fields and the forces that they exert on moving...
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Activity
Other

Stanford University: Probing What You Can't See

For Students 9th - 10th
Students will investigate magnetic forces and poles using a refrigerator magnet.