Posts Tagged ‘Magnetism’
Interesting Magnetism Movie
Posted by: Scott on: August 23, 2008
This is an interesting video I found somehow. I seem to be surfing a bit too much lately. Actually, I don’t surf, I Stumble! Yeah, you know what I’m talking about. Anyway, this video uses animation of magnetic field lines to enhance live video. The result is so realistic I’m worried my students will think [...]
Magnetic Field Lines
Posted by: Scott on: June 6, 2008
This is pretty basic, but I find it worth doing. I am truly surprised by just how few of my students have ever done any experiments on their own. This is simply shaking iron filing over a magnet. This can be done in one of two ways. You can do this as an activity where [...]
Building an Electric Motor
Posted by: Scott on: June 2, 2008
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I do this more as an activity than anything else. I end up trying to cover electricity and magnetism in about two weeks, not anywhere near what is needed. I try to make the material relevant because it’s above most of the students in my conceptual physics classes. This is one of those activities where [...]
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