Exploring magnetic fields
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This Science NetLinks lesson demonstrates the magnetic field that is formed by a small magnet. Prior to this lesson, students should have had opportunities to observe and explore the lines of force, the attraction, and the repelling forces that all magnets exhibit.
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
Science (2005)
Grade 9–12 — Physical Science
- Goal 1: The learner will develop abilities necessary to do and understand scientific inquiry.
- Objective 1.03: Formulate and revise scientific explanations and models using logic and evidence to:
- Explain observations.
- Make inferences and predictions.
- Explain the relationship between evidence and explanation.
- Objective 1.03: Formulate and revise scientific explanations and models using logic and evidence to:
- Goal 4: The learner will construct an understanding of electricity and magnetism.
- Objective 4.03: Investigate and analyze magnetism and the practical applications of the characteristics of magnets.
- Permanent magnets.
- Electromagnetism.
- Movement of electrical charges.
- Objective 4.03: Investigate and analyze magnetism and the practical applications of the characteristics of magnets.
