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Magnets and Motors
Science Standard #4
Key Idea: Energy and matter interact through forces that result in
changes in motion.
Catalog Number: X991 bonus footage of never-before-seen segments, inter-
Title: Magnets VHS views, and demos, Spanish translation and closed cap-
Edition:CLOSED CAPTIONED tioning, on disk implementation guide.
Imprint: Library Video 2002 In this attractive episode Bill shows all kinds of unex-
Physical Description: 13 mins. col 1 pected places where magnets can be found. In fact the
In Magnets, inhabitants of Mammoth Island dis- Earth itself is a huge magnet! Find out how to make a
cover the power of an invisible force called mag- compass and why opposites attract.
netism when a sudden lightning bolt transforms Audience: Intermediate, Junior High, Senior High
their "clothes dryer" - a contraption made of wire
wound into a coil around an iron bar. When an
electric current flows through the wire, the current Catalog Number: DVD4
creates a magnetic field around it. The inhabitants Title: Electricity and magnetism DVD
of Mammoth Island learn that opposites really do Imprint: Visual Learning 2001
attract as they explore the many ways in which Physical Description: col 1
magnets can be used! General Note: Includes: four 20 minute videos and
Audience: Primary, Intermediate four 30 page Teacher's Guides ieth 10 Student Mas-
ters. Programs: the nature of electricity, current elec-
Catalog Number: V2192 tricity, magnetism, electromagnetism.
Title: Magnets! Magnets! VHS Four part video series presents a detailed review of
Imprint: BARR 1986 important concepts in middle school Physical Science
Physical Description: 13 b/w 1 relating to the principles of electricity, electric circuits,
The easy-to-follow narration explains the facts electrical safety, magnetism and electromagnetism.
about magnets and demonstrations of what mag- Audience: Intermediate, Junior High
nets can do.
Audience: Intermediate, Primary
Catalog Number: DVD17
Title: Bill Nye the Science Guy: magnetism
DVD
Edition : CLOSED CAPTIONED
Imprint: Spoken Arts 2003
Physical Description: 26 mins. col 1
General Note: In addition to this program this
disk is loaded with incredible DVD features like:
fully indexed "chapters" correlated to National Sci-
ence Standards, interactive glossaries and quizzes,
Catalog Number: V6113
Title: Electric current and magnetism VHS
Imprint: AIMS 1991
Physical Description: 19 col 1
Plain copper wire has no magnetism of its own.
But running an electric current through the wire
creates a magnetic field that will attract metal ob-
jects, affect a compass, and run powerful motors.
This discusses the polarity of the magnetic field.
Audience: Intermediate, Junior High.
Magnets and Motors for Kids:
Electricity/Magnetism
This is a great site for kids from the Educational
Technology Center at Kennesaw State University in
Georgia. Users will find many, many links here to
all things electrical.
Http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/electric.html -
Kids.net.au - Encyclopedia Electromagnetism -
This Australian site provides lots of basic back-
ground information on Electromagnetism.
Http://www.kids.net.au/encyclopedia-wiki/el/
Electromagnetism
Electronics for KIDS
Basic experiments in magnetism, static electricity
and simple circuits for children.
Http://users.stargate.net/~eit/kidspage.htm
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