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Publisher: NSF Center for Hierarchical Manufacturing
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This site contains modules that include videos explaining techniques of scanning probe microscopy, nano-fabrication, electromagnetism and its application in nanotechnology, tour of a…
  
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This 7-minute video examines a substance that can change states without undergoing a change in temperature. The video features an MIT professor of chemistry working with a group of…
  
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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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This resource for middle school provides 13 complete lessons for teaching about hydropower and conversion of moving water to electrical energy. The unit crosses the curriculum to…
  
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This page and its annex describes, in trivial terms, the physics of magnetic fields and the history of its discovery. Included is the work of Halley, Oersted, Ampere and Maxwell. It…
  
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R. Vieyra and R. Lopez; Editor: C. Hall
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This hands-on activity for introductory physics is designed to help students form a deeper understanding of planetary magnetic fields by building physical models and using a…
  
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This page from the Institute of Physics provides two tutorials and one lab designed to specifically address students' difficulties in understanding magnetic effects in terms of…
  
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In this 9-minute video, Destin Sandlin explores exciting new technologies in polymagnets and how 3D printing is being used to manipulate the magnetic fields in polymagnets. The…
  
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This 4-minute video uses a variety of media to explain very clearly what a magnet is and how magnets get their properties. Veteran high school physics teacher James Lincoln explains…
  
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This 3-part lesson package for Grades 10-12 school integrates math and physics as students perform an experiment to measure the relative intensity of a magnetic field as a function…
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