Gravity, Electricity & Magnetism |
Standard 5 Resources |
1. Study Jams - Electricity 2. Series or Parallel Circuits Interactive 3. "Magnetism: Motors and Generators" Video Clip 4. Construction Circuit Lab 5. How do batteries work? TedEd Video (4 min) 6. What is static electricity? TedEd Video (3 min) 7. John Travoltage (phet lab interactive) 8. Bill Nye - Electricity 9.Physics4Kids.com 10. Wind to Power 11. Sending Power 12.Bill Nye- Magnetism 13. Gravitational Force Simulation 14. Magnets producing electricity (phet lab simulation) 15. Circuits Lab 16.Electroscope explained (video) Interesting connections:7 Magical Places to View Auroras (Also referred to as the "Northern Lights")
TIme Lapse Video of the Northern Lights Experiments to try at home:
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Standard 5: Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about gravity, electricity, and magnetism as major forces acting in nature.
a. Construct an argument using evidence to support the claim that fields (i.e., magnetic fields, gravitational fields, and electric fields) exist between objects exerting forces on each other even when the objects are not in contact. b. Plan and carry out investigations to demonstrate the distribution of charge in conductors and insulators. (Clarification statement: Include conduction, induction, and friction.) c. Plan and carry out investigations to identify the factors (e.g., distance between objects, magnetic force produced by an electromagnet with varying number of wire turns, varying number or size of dry cells, and varying size of iron core) that affect the strength of electric and magnetic forces. (Clarification statement: Including, but not limited to, generators or motors.) |