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Interactive
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Faraday's Law

For Students 9th - 10th
Investigate Faraday's law and how a changing magnetic flux can produce a flow of electricity!
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University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Faraday's Electromagnetic Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
Investigate with a bar magnet and coils to learn about Faraday's law. You can also play with electromagnets, generators, and transformers!
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Unit Plan
University of New South Wales (Australia)

University of New South Wales: Einstein Light

For Students 9th - 10th
Einstein Light highlights the Theory of Special Relativity and related topics. Learn how Galileo, Maxwell, and Einstein contributed to our knowledge of relativity, electricity, magnetism, and time by watching fun, interactive modules.
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Website
World Health Organization

World Health Organization: International Emf Project

For Students 9th - 10th
The World Health Organization probes into the feared associations between electromagnetic fields (EMFs) and cancer. Check out "What is EMF?" for detailed summaries on what electromagnetic fields are and the possible health effects, or...
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Building an Electromagnet

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students design and construct an electromagnet that must pick up 10 staples. They begin with only minimal guidance, and after the basic concept is understood, are informed of the properties that affect the strength of that magnet. They...
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Handout
National Inventors Hall of Fame

National Inventors Hall of Fame: Raymond v. Damadian: Mri

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about Raymond V. Damadian, inventor of the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and learn how the MRI has impacted the field of medicine.
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Article
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Mag Lab: Image Furnace

For Students 9th - 10th
Scientists use image furnaces to grow crystals at very high temperatures. A built-in camera allows them to observe in action a delicate process that is equal parts art and science.
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Website
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Auroras Paintings in the Sky

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers a very nice, detailed explanation of auroras along with some inspiring images and videos.
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Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Supplemental Resources: Electromagnetic Fields and Energy

For Students 9th - 10th
College-level textbook highlighting electromagnetism concepts. Many of the topics are explained in video demonstrations.
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Article
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: This Is an Antimagnet

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, Julie Steenhuysen's article covers research into antiferromagnets (or antimagnets) and their "external magnetic field."
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

The Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench: Lorentz Force 3 D

For Students 9th - 10th
Adjust the magnetic field intensity and the particle speed in this simulation to observe the affect the movement of the particle.
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Online Course
Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Faraday's Law

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of video lectures covering the topic of Faraday's law taught at East Los Angeles College. In ten lectures, discover how a magnetic field interacts with an electric circuit to produce an electromotive force. Lectures vary in...
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

The Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench: The Hall Effect

For Students 9th - 10th
Adjust the magnetic field in this simulation to see how the flow of electricity is affected.
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Website
Canada Science and Technology Museum

Canada Science and Technology Museum: Background Information for Electricity

For Students 9th - 10th
The Canada Science and Technology Museum answers some of the most common questions about electricity. For example, get the definition of electricity, the difference between alternating and direct currents, and learn how a fuse works.
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Interactive
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Faraday's Electromagnetic Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive lab in electromagnetics effectively illustrates how Faraday's law works.
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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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Lesson Plan
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Magnets, Electromagnets & Fields of Force

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A teacher lesson plan which includes several student activities on magnetism, force fields, and magnetic induction. May provide an idea for a student project or lab investigation.
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Lesson Plan
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Introduction to Magnets (Classroom Unit)

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
A teacher unit which includes several hands-on activities about types of magnets, magnetism, and electrostatics. An activity designed to suit all grade levels. Many parts of the activity would be easily adaptable as a student project.
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Lesson Plan
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Magnet Muscles (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
A teacher lesson plan which includes a station lab; students navigate through four stations with separate activities on magnetic principles. Easily adaptable as a student project.
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Activity
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Curie Point

For Students 9th - 10th
Did you know that a piece of iron can lose its magnetism if heated too high? There is a point called the Curie point when iron is heated to a high enough temperature that its iron atoms are scrambled and can't line up to form a magnetic...
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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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Website
NASA

Nasa: Our Restless Planet

For Students 9th - 10th
This animation library is a great resource for a diverse list of earth science topics including: tsunamis, land subsidence, magnetic fields, volcanoes earthquakes, floods, and sea level changes.
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Handout
Tech Target

Whatis.com: Permeability

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource defines magnetic permeability and then describes how it is used to classify materials as diamagnetic, paramagnetic, or ferromagnetic.
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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.