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Magnets and Electromagnets
Explore the interactions between a compass and bar magnet. Discover how you can use a battery and wire to make a magnet! Can you make it a stronger magnet? Can you make the magnetic field reverse?
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Teaching Resources
Main Topics
- Magnetic Field
- Magnets
- Electromagnets
Sample Learning Goals
- Predict the direction of the magnet field for different locations around a bar magnet and electromagnet
- Compare and contrast bar magnets and electromagnets
- Identify the characteristics of electromagnets that are variable and what effects each variable has on the magnetic field's strength and direction
- Relate magnetic field strength to distance quantitatively and qualitatively
Tips for Teachers
The teacher's guide (pdf) contains tips created by the PhET team.
Teaching Ideas
| Title | Authors | Level | Type | Updated |
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Magnets-Introduction (Inquiry Based)
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Trish Loeblein | HS | Lab CQs |
7/20/13 |
| Magnetism | Travis Brown | HS | Lab | 5/13/13 |
| Experiments with Bar Magnets and Electromagnets | Maria Falbo | HS | Lab | 5/11/08 |
| Μαγνήτες,μαγνητικό πεδίο. | Παναγιώτης Αρφάνης | HS | Other Demo |
2/7/12 |
| : Manifestaciones de la | rosa elena rodriguez villalba | HS | Demo | 4/23/12 |
You can submit your own ideas and activities.
Translated Versions:
| Language | Language (Translated) | Simulation Title | ||
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| Albanian | shqipe | Magnete dhe Elektromagnete | Run Now | |
| Arabic | العربية | Magnets and Electromagnets | Run Now | |
| Armenian | Armenian | Մագնիսներ և Էլեկտրոմագնիսներ | Run Now | |
| Basque | Basque | Imanak eta elektroimanak | Run Now | |
| Bosnian | Bosnian | Magneti i elektromagneti | Run Now | |
| Brazilian Portuguese | português (Brasil) | Ímãs e Eletroímãs | Run Now | |
| Bulgarian | български | Магнити и електромагнити | Run Now | |
| Catalan | català | Imants i electroimants | Run Now | |
| Chinese - Simplified | 中文 (中国) | 磁场和电流磁效应 | Run Now | |
| Chinese - Traditional | 中文 (台灣) | 磁鐵和電磁鐵 | Run Now | |
| Croatian | hrvatski | Magneti i Elektromagneti | Run Now | |
| Czech | čeština | Magnety a elektromagnety | Run Now | |
| Danish | Dansk | Magneter og elektromagneter | Run Now | |
| Dutch | Nederlands | Magnets and Electromagnets | Run Now | |
| Estonian | Eesti | Magnetid ja elektromagnetid | Run Now | |
| Finnish | suomi | Magneetit ja sähkömagneetit | Run Now | |
| French | français | Aimants et Electro-aimants | Run Now | |
| Galician | Gallegan | Imáns e electroimáns | Run Now | |
| Georgian | Georgian | მაგნიტები და ელექტრომაგნიტები | Run Now | |
| German | Deutsch | Stabmagnet und Elektromagnet | Run Now | |
| Greek | Ελληνικά | Μαγνήτες και Ηλεκτρομαγνήτες | Run Now | |
| Haitian | Haitian | Leman ak elektroeman | Run Now | |
| Hebrew | עברית | מגנטים ואלקטרומגנטים | Run Now | |
| Hungarian | magyar | Mágnesrúd és elektromágnes | Run Now | |
| Indonesian | Bahasa Indonesia | Magnet dan Elektromagnet | Run Now | |
| Italian | italiano | Magneti ed elettromagneti | Run Now | |
| Japanese | 日本語 | 磁石と電磁石 | Run Now | |
| Kannada | Kannada | ಆಯಸ್ಕಾಂತ ಮತ್ತು ವಿದ್ಯುತ್ ಕಾಂತ | Run Now | |
| Khmer | Khmer | មេដែក និងអេឡិចត្រូមដែក | Run Now | |
| Korean | 한국어 | 자석과 전자석 | Run Now | |
| Lao | Lao | ແມ່ເຫຼັກ ແລະ ແມ່ເຫຼັກ ໄຟຟ້າ | Run Now | |
| Latvian | Latviešu | Magnēti un elektromagnēti | Run Now | |
| Lithuanian | Lietuvių | Magnets and Electromagnets | Run Now | |
| Macedonian | македонски | Магнети и Електромагнети | Run Now | |
| Marathi | Marathi | चुंबक आणि विद्युतचुंबक | Run Now | |
| Persian | Persian | آهنرباها و آهنرباهای الکتریکی | Run Now | |
| Polish | polski | Magnesy i elektromagnesy | Run Now | |
| Portuguese | português | Magnets and Electromagnets | Run Now | |
| Romanian | română | Magneti si Electromagneti | Run Now | |
| Russian | русский | Магниты и электромагниты | Run Now | |
| Serbian | Српски | Магнети и електромагнети | Run Now | |
| Slovak | Slovenčina | Magnety a elektromagnety | Run Now | |
| Slovenian | Slovenščina | Magnet in elektromagnet | Run Now | |
| Spanish | español | Imanes y Electroimanes | Run Now | |
| Spanish (Peru) | español (Perú) | Imanes y Electroimanes | Run Now | |
| Swedish | svenska | Magneter och elektromagneter | Run Now | |
| Thai | ไทย | แม่เหล็กและแม่เหล็กไฟฟ้า | Run Now | |
| Turkish | Türkçe | Magnets and Electromagnets | Run Now | |
| Turkmen | Turkmen | Magnitler we Elektromagnitler | Run Now | |
| Ukrainian | українська | Magnets and Electromagnets | Run Now | |
| Vietnamese | Tiếng Việt | Nam châm và nam châm điện | Run Now |
Software Requirements
| Windows | Macintosh | Linux |
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Microsoft Windows
XP/Vista/7 Sun Java 1.5.0_15 or later |
OS 10.5 or later
Sun Java 1.5.0_19 or later |
Sun Java 1.5.0_15 or later |
Credits
| Design Team | Third-party Libraries | Thanks To |
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