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Magnet Academy: Interactive Tutorials - Oersted's Compass 
  
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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…
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All About Circuits: Experiments: Voltmeter Usage 
  
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This lab will help students gain confidence with using a multimeter to measure voltage in assorted batteries, an LED, and a small "hobby" motor. This activity is one of a two-part…
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All About Circuits: Experiments: A Very Simple Circuit 
  
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This classroom lab reinforces student understanding of circuit continuity. A lamp is connected to a battery with jumper wires. After measuring normal voltages in a functioning…
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All About Circuits: Experiments: Ammeter Usage 
  
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This item is one segment of a two-part lab designed to help students become comfortable with using a multimeter. In this segment, users explore how to measure current, the rate of…
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Magnet Academy: Interactive Tutorials 
  
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This is a collection of more than 60 tutorials on concepts, laws, and historical milestones associated with electricity and magnetism. The simulations range in complexity from very…
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Magnet Academy: Pioneers in Electricity and Magnetism 
  
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This is a collection of more than 50 short biographies on some of the most important figures in the history of electricity and magnetism. Most of the biographies include links to…
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Magnet Academy: Charles-Augustin de Coulomb 
  
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This is a short biography of Charles Augustin de Coulomb, the 18th-century scientist whose experiments with a torsion balance gave rise to one of the fundamental principles of…
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Magnet Academy Museum: Torsion Balance 
  
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This tutorial from the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory explores the historic device known as a torsion balance. By carefully recording the measurements he obtained with his…
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Magnet Academy: Alessandro Volta 
  
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This is a short biography of Alessandro Volta, the 18th-century Italian scientist who proposed the theory that electrical current is generated by contact between different metals.…
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Magnet Academy: Interactive Tutorials - Voltaic Pile 
  
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In this interactive tutorial, users play with a simulated version of the historic "voltaic pile", commonly considered to be the world's first battery. Constructed by 18th-century…
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