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Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Forces: Moving Charges in Magnetic Fields

For Students 9th - 10th
Learners investigate moving charges in magnetic fields. Some topics explored in the activities are Lorentz force, motion of a charge, and magnetic fields. The resource consists of video clips, lecture notes, online textbook chapters,...
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Activity
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench Showcase: Physics, Electromagnetism

For Students 9th - 10th
Students can use these simulations to understand concepts in electromagnetism. Simulations are available on the following concepts: Lorentz Force, The Hall Effect, capacitor, conductor, transistor, cyclotron, static electricity....
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Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: A Comprehensive List of All the Physics Formulas

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a long list of physics formulas for easy reference.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: A Simple Motor/generator Demonstration for Use in Interactive Lecture

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This apparatus is easy and inexpensive to construct and provides a clear and compelling demonstration of Faraday's Law of Induction and the Lorentz force. Two magnets are suspended from springs so that they are free to oscillate...
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Unit Plan
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Electromagnetic Deflection in a Cathode Ray Tube, I

For Students 9th - 10th
Discovering how cathode rays behave in a magnetic field was a big step forward for scientists trying to understand the mysterious phenomenon. (Java tutorial)
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Unit Plan
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Hall Effect

For Students 9th - 10th
When a magnetic field is applied perpendicular to the flow of current, the field causes resistance in the current. This is the Lorentz force at work, and can be observed well in the Hall effect. (Java tutorial)
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Unit Plan
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Lorentz Force

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the Lorentz force with the help of this tutorial, in which a wire fashioned into a pendulum moves inside a magnetic field. (Java tutorial)
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Interactive
Walter Fendt

Walter Fendt: Apps Zur Physik

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, in German, offers numerous apps that illustrate common physics principles. Apps are organized into categories: mechanics, oscillations and waves, electrodynamics, optics, thermodynamics, the theory of relativity, physics of...
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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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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: What Is Magnetic Force?

For Students 9th - 10th
An article defining what magnetic force is and how to calculate it.
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Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physics: Magnetism Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore and review magnetism in this review guide.
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench: Reversing Velocity of Charged Particles

For Students 9th - 10th
Adjust the particle speed in this simulation and observe how the particle's motion is affected.
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Interactive
Walter Fendt

Walter Fendt: Direct Current Electrical Motor

For Students 9th - 10th
This simulation is an example of an elementary operation of a DC motor, showing its main parts.