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Magnets and Electromagnets

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  • Magnetic Field
  • Magnets
  • Electromagnets

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Topics

  • Magnetic Field
  • Magnets
  • Electromagnets

Description

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?

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
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For Teachers

Teacher Tips

Download teacher tips PDF Overview of sim controls, model simplifications, and insights into student thinking ( PDF ).

Teacher-Submitted Activities

Title Gold Star Contribution Contribution by PhET Authors Level Type
Magnets-Introduction (Inquiry Based) A gold star indicates high-quality, inquiry-based activities that follow the PhET design guidelines. This contribution was designed by PhET. Trish Loeblein HS CQs
Lab
Fields - NGSS Aligned A gold star indicates high-quality, inquiry-based activities that follow the PhET design guidelines. Roberta Tanner HS CQs
Lab
Alignment of PhET sims with NGSS This contribution was designed by PhET. Trish Loeblein HS Other
How do PhET simulations fit in my middle school program? This contribution was designed by PhET. Sarah Borenstein MS Other
MS and HS TEK to Sim Alignment Elyse Zimmer HS
MS		 Other
Solenoids Simon Lees HS Guided
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HW
Exploring EM Forces Andy Nelsen MS Lab
Guided
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Magnets, Electromagnets and Ohm's Law Lab! Jamie Schoenberger MS Lab
Guided
Magnetic Field Investigation Andrzej Sokolowski HS Lab
Experiments with Bar Magnets and Electromagnets Maria Falbo HS Lab
Magnetism Travis Brown HS Lab
Μαγνήτες,μαγνητικό πεδίο. Παναγιώτης Αρφάνης HS Other
Demo
Simulações no Ensino de Fisica Carla Tavares HS Demo
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MC
Guided
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Other
Discuss
: Manifestaciones de la rosa elena rodriguez villalba HS Demo

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Translations

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Albanian All shqip Run now Magnete dhe Elektromagnete
Arabic All العربية Run now Magnets and Electromagnets
Armenian All Armenian Run now Մագնիսներ և Էլեկտրոմագնիսներ
Basque All Basque Run now Imanak eta elektroimanak
Belarusian All беларускі Run now Магніты і электрамагніты
Bosnian All Bosanski Run now Magneti i elektromagneti
Bulgarian All български Run now Магнити и електромагнити
Catalan All català Run now Imants i electroimants
Chinese (Simplified) All 中文 (中国) Run now 磁场和电流磁效应
Chinese (Traditional) All 中文 (台灣) Run now 磁鐵和電磁鐵
Croatian All hrvatski Run now Magneti i Elektromagneti
Czech All čeština Run now Magnety a elektromagnety
Danish All Dansk Run now Magneter og elektromagneter
Dutch All Nederlands Run now Magnets and Electromagnets
Estonian All Eesti Run now Magnetid ja elektromagnetid
Finnish All suomi Run now Magneetit ja sähkömagneetit
French All français Run now Aimants et Electro-aimants
Galician All Gallegan Run now Imáns e electroimáns
Georgian All Georgian Run now მაგნიტები და ელექტრომაგნიტები
German All Deutsch Run now Stabmagnet und Elektromagnet
Greek All Ελληνικά Run now Μαγνήτες και Ηλεκτρομαγνήτες
Haitian All Haitian Run now Leman ak elektroeman
Hebrew All עברית Run now מגנטים ואלקטרומגנטים
Hungarian All magyar Run now Mágnesrúd és elektromágnes
Indonesian All Bahasa Indonesia Run now Magnet dan Elektromagnet
Italian All italiano Run now Magneti ed elettromagneti
Japanese All 日本語 Run now 磁石と電磁石
Kannada All Kannada Run now ಆಯಸ್ಕಾಂತ ಮತ್ತು ವಿದ್ಯುತ್ ಕಾಂತ
Kazakh All Kazakh Run now Магниттер және Электромагниттер
Khmer All Khmer Run now មេដែក និង​អេឡិចត្រូមដែក
Korean All 한국어 Run now 자석과 전자석
Kurdish (Turkey) All Kurdish (Turkey) Run now Miknatis û KarebaMiknatisî
Lao All Lao Run now ແມ່ເຫຼັກ ແລະ ແມ່ເຫຼັກ ໄຟຟ້າ
Latvian All Latviešu Run now Magnēti un elektromagnēti
Lithuanian All Lietuvių Run now Magnets and Electromagnets
Macedonian All македонски Run now Магнети и Електромагнети
Marathi All मराठी Run now चुंबक आणि विद्युतचुंबक
Persian All فارسی Run now آهنرباها و آهنرباهای الکتریکی
Polish All polski Run now Magnesy i elektromagnesy
Portuguese All português Run now Magnets and Electromagnets
Portuguese (Brazil) All português (Brasil) Run now Ímãs e Eletroímãs
Romanian All română Run now Magneti si Electromagneti
Russian All русский Run now Магниты и электромагниты
Serbian All Српски Run now Магнети и електромагнети
Slovak All Slovenčina Run now Magnety a elektromagnety
Slovenian All Slovenščina Run now Magnet in elektromagnet
Spanish All español Run now Imanes y Electroimanes
Spanish (Mexico) All español (México) Run now Imanes y Electroimanes
Spanish (Peru) All español (Perú) Run now Imanes y Electroimanes
Swedish All svenska Run now Magneter och elektromagneter
Thai All ไทย Run now แม่เหล็กและแม่เหล็กไฟฟ้า
Turkish All Türkçe Run now Magnets and Electromagnets
Turkmen All Turkmen Run now Magnitler we Elektromagnitler
Ukrainian All українська Run now Magnets and Electromagnets
Vietnamese All Tiếng Việt Run now Nam châm và nam châm điện

Software Requirements

Windows Macintosh Linux
Microsoft Windows
XP/Vista/7/8.1/10
Latest version of Java
OS X 10.9.5 or later
Latest version of Java
Latest version of Java

Credits

Design Team Third-party Libraries Thanks To
  • Michael Dubson
  • Chris Malley (developer)
  • Kathy Perkins
  • Carl Wieman
  • Interviewer: Danielle Harlow
  • Interviewer: Archie Paulson
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