National Science Foundation
Excellence Center of Science and Mathematics Education at King Saud University
Faraday's Electromagnetic Lab
Play with a bar magnet and coils to learn about Faraday's law. Move a bar magnet near one or two coils to make a light bulb glow. View the magnetic field lines. A meter shows the direction and magnitude of the current. View the magnetic field lines or use a meter to show the direction and magnitude of the current. You can also play with electromagnets, generators and transformers!
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Topics
Main Topics
- Faraday's Law
- Magnetic Field
- Magnet
Related Topics
- Magnetism, Magnetic Field, Faraday's Law, Electricity, Power, Work, Electromagnet, Induction, Magnets, Transformer, Compass, Generator, Turbine
Sample Learning Goals
- Predict the direction of the magnetic field for different locations around a bar magnet and an 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.
- Identify equipment and conditions that produce induction.
- Compare and contrast how both a light bulb and voltmeter can be used to show characteristics of the induced current.
- Predict how the current will change when the conditions are varied.
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 Title | Author | Level | Type | Updated |
Concept questions for Physics using PhET (Inquiry Based)   | T. Loeblein | UG-Intro HS | CQs | 8/09 |
| Faraday's Electromagnetic Lab | R. Kennedy | HS | Lab | 12/07 |
| Faradays AC-DC and Electromagnetism | S. Reeves | HS | HW | 8/05 |
| Faradays Electromagnetic Lab: Generating Electricity | S. Reeves | HS | HW | 7/07 |
| Generator PhET Lab | C. Bires | UG-Intro HS | Lab | 1/09 |
| Induction (college homework version) (Inquiry Based) | T. Loeblein | UG-Intro | CQs HW | 11/08 |
| Induction (high school version) (Inquiry Based) | T. Loeblein | HS | Lab CQs | 11/08 |
| Magnet Lab | A. Jordan | HS | Lab | 9/07 |
| Magnets-Introduction (Inquiry Based) | T. Loeblein | HS | Lab | 8/09 |
| Mr | K. Bedo | MS | Demo | 9/09 |
| Static Magnetic and Electric unit (Inquiry Based) | T. Loeblein | HS | CQs HW Lab Demo | 8/09 |
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