Content Videos (Lectures and animations to supplement lessons):

• Magnetic Fields Due to Current
• Magnetic Field around Current Carrying Conductors
• Force on a Current Carrying Conductor in a Magnetic Field
• Oersted’s Experiment
• Magnetic field patterns patterns on straight conductors and solenoid (right hand grip rule)
• Simple Electromagnets
  • Introduction to Electromagnets
  • Making an Electromagnet
  • Using Electromagnets
  • Electromagnetic Induction
    • Definition
    • Activity
• Applications
  • Electric Bell
  • Simple Electric Motor
  • Telegraphs/Telephones

Interactives (Online activities for student interaction & practice with content):

• Magnetic Generator Simulation (students generate electricity with a bar magnet! Discover the physics behind the phenomena by exploring magnets and how you can use them to make a bulb light up)
• Magnets & Electromagnets Simulation (students explore the interactions between a compass and bar magnet. Discover how you can use a battery and wire to make a magnet! Can you make it a stronger magnet? Can you make the magnetic field reverse?)
• An Electric Motor (Animated tutorial on how a simple electric motor functions)
• Radiowaves & Electromagnetic Fields Simulation (students broadcast radio waves from KPhET. Wiggle the transmitter electron manually or have it oscillate automatically. Display the field as a curve or vectors. The strip chart shows the electron positions at the transmitter and at the receiver)
• Tour the Electromagnetic Spectrum (Technological advances have made wide use of electromagnetic waves. This interactive activity from the NOVA Web site provides a self-guided tour of the electromagnetic spectrum, including examples of some of the most common uses of different types of waves)
• Oersted’s Experiment (An interactive animation illustrating Oersted’s experiment to investigate the connection between electricity and magnetism. Click the arrow button to turn the current on and off or reverse its direction. Drag the compass round the wire to investigate the direction of magnetic field lines)
• Faraday’s Electromagnetic Lab Simulation (students play with a bar magnet and coils to learn about Faraday’s law. Move a bar magnet near one or two coils to make a light bulb glow. View the magnetic field lines. A meter shows the direction and magnitude of the current. View the magnetic field lines or use a meter to show the direction and magnitude of the current. You can also play with electromagnets, generators and transformers!)
• Applications
  • The Electric Bell (Shows how an electric bell works. Pressing the push-switch makes the bell work in slow motion so that the actions can be understood more easily. Labels are an optional extra)

Games (Online games for students to apply & test their content knowledge):

• Magnet Power (A thief is on the loose, stop them from committing more burglaries by using your knowledge of magnets. Drag and drop different magnets into position to help stop the crime, remembering that opposite poles of a magnet attract, while like poles repel. How many priceless items can you save using principles of magnetism? Give it a try and find out!)
• Electricity and Magnetic Fields Millionaire Game (students compete by answering questions correctly and winning a million virtual dollars!)
• Electromagnet (students have three tries to configure their own electromagnet with batteries, coils and a switch that will pick up the correct number of paper clips)