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Unit Plan
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Cyclotron 1931

For Students 9th - 10th
A cyclotron is a machine that allows scientists to shoot particle beams at other particle beams. The result of doing this is a spectacular smash up - but that's not why scientists do it.
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Article
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Coaxial Cable 1929

For Students 9th - 10th
As more and more American households acquired telephones, the pressure was on to create a better cable to accommodate the increasing demand. Engineers Lloyd Espenschied and Herman Affel answered the call.
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Unit Plan
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Audion 1906

For Students 9th - 10th
Two years after Englishman John Ambrose Fleming invented a two-electrode vacuum tube, American inventor Lee De Forest one-upped him by developing a tube with three electrodes.
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Handout
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Gauss Weber Telegraph 1833

For Students 9th - 10th
Several years before the telegraph created by American inventor Samuel Morse revolutionized communications, two German scientists built their own functional telegraph.
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Handout
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Gramme Dynamo 1871

For Students 9th - 10th
Zenobe Theophile Gramme (1826 - 1901) invented the first industrial generator, or dynamo. A deceptively simple-looking machine, it consisted of 30 coils wrapped around a spinning ring of iron.
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Unit Plan
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Bell Telephone 1876

For Students 9th - 10th
Acoustics, variable resistance and allegations of foul play contribute to the exciting story of the invention of the telephone.
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Article
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: What Is Electromagnetism?

For Students 2nd - 8th
Explains electromagnetism, the difference between a permanent magnet and an electromagnet, uses of electromagnetism, and steps for making a simple electromagnet.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Ultra Simple Electric Generator

For Students 9th - 10th
All the components are here for you to build an electric generator. Parts list, construction, testing, how it works, feel the electrons, and more.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Physics4 kids.com: Electricity & Magnetism: Resistance

For Students 3rd - 8th
Simple line graph showing the inverse relationship between the amount of electrical resistance and the amount of work possible.
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Unit Plan
Vision Learning

Visionlearning: Physics: Light Ii: Electromagnetism

For Students 9th - 10th
Instructional module focusing on light and electromagnetism. Discussion includes historical discoveries that led to the understanding of the electromagnetic spectrum. Site also includes an interactive practice quiz and links relating to...
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Handout
University of St. Andrews (UK)

University of St. Andrews: Charles Augustin De Coulomb

For Students 9th - 10th
A large complete authoritative biography of Coulomb. Five large pictures, over a dozen links to contemporaries, references, a poster, other mathematicians. A fine source.
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Website
Other

Math, Physics and Engineering Applets

For Students 9th - 10th
Written by Paul Falstad, these educational Java applets address myriad concepts related to electrostatics, magnetostatics and electrodynamics. You'll find instructions on how to operate each applet, but little explanatory material.
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Lesson Plan
OpenSciEd

Open Sci Ed: 8.3 Forces at a Distance

For Teachers 8th
This unit allows students to investigate the cause of a speaker's vibration in addition to the effect.
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Article
University of Florida

University of Florida: Episodes in Romantic Science

For Students 9th - 10th
One of the "Episodes in Romantic Science," this is as complete as a biography gets without being a book. Includes great information about Oersted and his electromagnetic work, The definitive source. Heavily footnoted with many additional...
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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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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Yogurt Cup Speakers

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This lesson introduces students to the role of electricity and magnetism as they build a speaker. In addition, students explore properties of magnets, create an electromagnet, and determine the direction of a magnetic filed. They conduct...
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Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Supplemental Resources: Continuum Electromechanics

For Teachers 9th - 10th
College-level electrical engineering and computer science textbook highlighting the applications of continuum electromechanics.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Electromagnetic Waves: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will show how a particle can travel in a wave form, by following perpendicular electric and magnetic fields. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "Electromagnetic Waves."
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Interactive
Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Thomson's Cathode Ray Tube Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
This lab is designed to have students look at the deflection of a cathode ray beam using magnetic fields and electric fields.
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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...
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Interactive
Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Induced Current Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
This lab was designed to have students test the factors that determine how much current is induced in a circuit when area of the circuit is changed. This lab is a quantitive lab that supplements the lab on magnetic flux.
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Handout
American Association of Physics Teachers

Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Faraday Disk Dynamo Model

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This simulation demonstrates a rotating conducting disk in a magnetic field which produces a current or a self-exciting dynamo.
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Handout
American Association of Physics Teachers

Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Rail Gun Model

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Simulate the movement of a rail gun in this interactive model. Learn how a magnetic field is generated by running electrical current through long rods that accelerates a current-carrying cross-rod.
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Handout
Learn Engineering

Learn Engineering: How Does an Induction Motor Work?

For Students 11th - 12th
An article and video about the most commonly used electrical machine called an induction motor. Learn about the parts of the motors that allow the motor to function. [4:43]

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