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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Electromagnet

For Students 9th - 10th
Easy-to-read information and an illustration of an "electromagnet," a type of magnet in which the magnetic field is induced by the flow of an electric current.
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Activity
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Cup Speaker

For Students 9th - 10th
This activity will have students creating their own speaker with a paper cup, coil of wire, and magnet. The speaker operates by changing electric current into sound.
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Website
Creative Science Centre

Creative Science Centre: 6 Generators

For Students 9th - 10th
Apart from the piezo generator, all of these generators are based on the same simple design, where magnets are rotated near to coils of wire (Faraday Induction). There is no coil switching so these are AC generators. On magnet movement,...
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Article
Creative Science Centre

Creative Science Centre: Perhaps the Simplest Homemade Generator in the World

For Students 9th - 10th
This very simple, but effective generator shows in a wonderfully engaging way the fundamentals of electricity generation. The generator is made from a coil of wire wound around the outside of a plastic 35mm-film can. The two coil ends...
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Electromagnetic Induction Demonstration

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students learn the relationship between the electric and magnetic fields. Specifically, they verify that a magnetic field is created in a current carrying coil of wire and a changing magnetic field can induce a current in another coil of...