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Mag Lab U: Interactive Tutorials - Oersted's Compass

published by the Florida State University
supported by the National Science Foundation
technical implementer: Matthew J. Parry-Hill

This interactive tutorial simulates the simple, yet groundbreaking, 1820 experiment that paved the way for understanding the relationship between electricity and magnetism. It is a virtual version of Hans Christian Oersted's voltaic pile battery outfitted with a live electrical wire. Students can turn the current on/off and also flip the battery. Watch what happens to the nearby compass to see why this experiment rocked the scientific world of the early 1800's.

Mag Lab U is part of a large collection of web-based educational materials for K-20, developed by the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory at Florida State University.

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http://www.magnet.fsu.edu/education/tutorials/java/oersted/index.h...

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Education Practices - Technology = Multimedia Electricity & Magnetism - DC Circuits = Instruments - Electromotive Force and Current = Cells and Batteries General Physics - Equipment - History	- High School - Middle School - Informal Education	- Instructional Material = Curriculum support = Interactive Simulation = Tutorial

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Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: © 2005 http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/micro/legal.html
Keywords:: Oersted, animation, battery, compass, current, electric cell, historical instruments, history of electricity, history of science, interactive simulation, science history, voltaic
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created January 23, 2011 by Caroline Hall
Record Updated:: January 23, 2011 by Caroline Hall
Last Update when Cataloged:: December 30, 2009
Other Collections:: The Physics Front

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<a href="http://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=10600">National Science Foundation. Mag Lab U: Interactive Tutorials - Oersted's Compass. Tallahassee: Florida State University, December 30, 2009.</a>

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Mag Lab U: Interactive Tutorials - Oersted's Compass (Florida State University, Tallahassee, 2005), WWW Document, (http://www.magnet.fsu.edu/education/tutorials/java/oersted/index.html).

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Mag Lab U: Interactive Tutorials - Oersted's Compass (Florida State University, Tallahassee, 2005), <http://www.magnet.fsu.edu/education/tutorials/java/oersted/index.html>.

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Mag Lab U: Interactive Tutorials - Oersted's Compass. (2009, December 30). Retrieved May 23, 2013, from Florida State University: http://www.magnet.fsu.edu/education/tutorials/java/oersted/index.html

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National Science Foundation. Mag Lab U: Interactive Tutorials - Oersted's Compass. Tallahassee: Florida State University, December 30, 2009. http://www.magnet.fsu.edu/education/tutorials/java/oersted/index.html (accessed 23 May 2013).

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Mag Lab U: Interactive Tutorials - Oersted's Compass. Tallahassee: Florida State University, 2005. 30 Dec. 2009. National Science Foundation. 23 May 2013 <http://www.magnet.fsu.edu/education/tutorials/java/oersted/index.html>.

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This is a simulation of the groundbreaking Oersted Compass experiment of 1820, which paved the way for a revolution in understanding of the relationship between electricity and magnetism.

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