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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: A Battery That Makes Cents

For Students 3rd - 5th
Batteries are expensive to purchase in a store, but you can make one your self for exactly 24 cents. In this experiment, you will make your own voltaic pile using pennies and nickels and determine how many coins in a pile will make the...
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Physics 2: Electromagnetic Induction

For Students 9th - 10th
Through labs, readings, videos, and discussions, students learn about the concepts of Electromagnetic Induction.
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Activity
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Measure the Earth's Field!

For Students 6th - 8th
You can use a bar magnet and a compass to get a rough idea of the strength of Earth's magnetic field. Read this article to find out how!
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Article
Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Electromagnetism

For Students 9th - 10th
This article helps explain the concept of electromagnetism as well as magnetic fields and the properties of the speed of light.
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Handout
Florida State University

Florida State University: Science, Optics & You: Sir Isaac Newton

For Students 9th - 10th
Biography of Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), a scientist whose impact is felt in many disciplines today. His laws of motion are integral to basic physics, and he co-invented calculus.
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Handout
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Timeline of Electricity and Magnetism: 1870 1879

For Students 9th - 10th
The telephone and first practical incandescent light bulb are invented while the word "electron" enters the scientific lexicon.
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Handout
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Timeline of Electricity and Magnetism: 1850 1869

For Students 9th - 10th
The Industrial Revolution is in full force, Gramme invents his dynamo and James Clerk Maxwell formulates his series of equations on electrodynamics.
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Handout
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Timeline of Electricity and Magnetism: 1840 1849

For Students 9th - 10th
The legendary Faraday forges on with his prolific research and the telegraph reaches a milestone when a message is sent between Washington, DC, and Baltimore, MD.
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Handout
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Timeline of Electricity and Magnetism: 1940 1959

For Students 9th - 10th
Defense-related research leads to the computer, the world enters the atomic age and TV conquers America.
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Handout
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Theodore Maiman

For Students 9th - 10th
Theodore Maiman built the world's first operable laser. Ironically, Maiman's first paper announcing this momentous achievement, which many other scientists had been racing to complete themselves, was rejected. Since then, however, lasers...
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Article
Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Relativity and Magnetism

For Students 9th - 10th
Understand and learn about the properties of space and time and the concept of relativity.
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Lesson Plan
American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Mineral Identification

For Teachers 9th - 10th
At this site you can identify minerals by observing and testing the physical properties of each mineral. A mineral worksheet and mineral background sheet are included in this site.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Force Over Distance

For Students 9th - 10th
Can you think of an experiment that would let you see how magnetic force depends on distance?
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Right Hand Rule

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn the convention for describing the direction of magnetic fields. Challenge questions are included.
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Handout
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Robert Hofstadter Biographical

For Students 9th - 10th
Official Nobel Institute biography of Hofstadter. Very little personal information. Lots and lots of science work, description, etc.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Science Kids: Science Images: Magnet Poles

For Students 9th - 10th
This photo clearly shows that like poles of a magnet repel each other. This effect can be quite strong. In this image, as a child holds down the top magnet down with their fingers, it looks like the top magnet is floating due to the...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Science Kids: Science Images: Iron Filings Magnetic Field

For Students 9th - 10th
Iron filings are used in this picture to show the path of magnetic field lines created by a magnet.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Science Kids: Science Images: Powder Steel Magnet

For Students 9th - 10th
This spectacular photo shows an interesting formation created by powder steel on a magnet. The powder steel forms spikes pointing in all directions away from the end of the magnet.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Resonance in a Tube

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the passage "Resonance in a Tube" and complete the five-question quiz to test your knowledge of sound.
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Lesson Plan
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Electromagnets (Grades 3 and 4)

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson helps learners to understand the difference between magenets and electromagnets. They will also create an electromagnet.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Electricity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students can use this Flipchart to learn and apply Ohm's law to basic circuitry problems. Students are introduced to the relationship among voltage, current, and resistance, and then apply their newly...
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Light: Electromagnetic Waves, Electromagnetic Spectrum and Photons

For Students 9th - 10th
This article discusses the properties of electromagnetic radiation and photons.
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Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: What Is Faraday's Law?

For Students 9th - 10th
Do you know how to induce an electromotive force? This reference page will help you understand why Faraday's law mean and how to use it.