PhET Teacher Ideas & Activities: Magnets-Introduction

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written by Trish Loeblein

This web page features an inquiry-based instructional module created specifically for use with the PhET simulation Magnets and Electromagnets. It includes a lesson plan with learning goals, a Power Point presentation designed to introduce secondary students to magnets, and "clicker" elicitation questions. The author, a teacher of high school physics, developed the lesson with these objectives: 1) compare and contrast bar magnets/electromagnets; 2) identify characteristics of electromagnets; 3) relate magnetic field strength to distance; and 4) compare and contrast gravitational field and magnetic field.

This resource is part of the PhET project (Physics Education Technology) a growing collection of simulations and curriculum support for teachers and learners of physics, biology, chemistry, and earth science.

Please note that this resource requires at least version 1.5 of Java.

https://phet.colorado.edu/en/contributions/view/2826

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Electricity & Magnetism - Electromagnetic Induction = Induced Currents and Forces = Motors and Generators - Magnetic Fields and Forces = Fields and Currents = Force on Wires = Interacting Magnets = Magnetic Fields	- High School - Middle School	- Instructional Material = Activity = Lecture/Presentation = Lesson/Lesson Plan = Student Guide

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Access Rights:: Free access
License:: This material is released under a GNU General Public License Version 2 license. Additional information is available.
Rights Holder:: PHET and University of Colorado
Keywords:: bar magnet, clicker questions, compass, electromagnet, electromagnet simulation, generator, magnetic field, magnetism lesson plan, magnetism power point
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created December 2, 2010 by Caroline Hall
Record Updated:: August 18, 2016 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: September 1, 2009
Other Collections:: The Physics Front

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AAAS Benchmark Alignments (2008 Version)

4. The Physical Setting

4G. Forces of Nature

6-8: 4G/M3. Electric currents and magnets can exert a force on each other.
9-12: 4G/H1. Gravitational force is an attraction between masses. The strength of the force is proportional to the masses and weakens rapidly with increasing distance between them.

AAAS Benchmark Alignments (1993 Version)

4. THE PHYSICAL SETTING

G. Forces of Nature

4G (9-12) #5. Magnetic forces are very closely related to electric forces and can be thought of as different aspects of a single electromagnetic force. Moving electric charges produce magnetic forces and moving magnets produce electric forces. The interplay of electric and magnetic forces is the basis for electric motors, generators, and many other modern technologies, including the production of electromagnetic waves.

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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=10521">Loeblein, Trish. PhET Teacher Ideas & Activities: Magnets-Introduction. Boulder: PhET, September 1, 2009.</a>

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T. Loeblein, , Version 1.02 (PhET, Boulder, 2005), WWW Document, (https://phet.colorado.edu/en/contributions/view/2826).

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T. Loeblein, PhET Teacher Ideas & Activities: Magnets-Introduction, Version 1.02 (PhET, Boulder, 2005), <https://phet.colorado.edu/en/contributions/view/2826>.

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Loeblein, T. (2009, September 1). PhET Teacher Ideas & Activities: Magnets-Introduction. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from PhET: https://phet.colorado.edu/en/contributions/view/2826

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Loeblein, Trish. PhET Teacher Ideas & Activities: Magnets-Introduction. Boulder: PhET, September 1, 2009. https://phet.colorado.edu/en/contributions/view/2826 (accessed 25 April 2024).

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Loeblein, Trish. PhET Teacher Ideas & Activities: Magnets-Introduction. Vers. 1.02. Boulder: PhET, 2005. 1 Sep. 2009. 25 Apr. 2024 <https://phet.colorado.edu/en/contributions/view/2826>.

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