Electromagnetism
Electricity and Magnetism

Kitset of the main ideas in the topic Electromagnetism

Teaching Guidance for 11-14 Supporting Physics Teaching

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Electromagnetism
Electricity and Magnetism Supporting Physics Teaching

Pathways through the topic Electromagnetism

Teaching Guidance 11-14

Electromagnetism
Electricity and Magnetism IOP RESOURCES

The magnetic sea

Seawater is a conductor and therefore its motion in the Earth’s magnetic field leads to the induction of weak currents and low...

Stories from Physics 11-14 14-16

Electromagnetism
Electricity and Magnetism PRACTICAL PHYISCS

Oersted's experiment

Class practical: this is one of the greatest demonstrations in the history of electromagnetism.

Practical Activity 14-16

Electricity and Magnetism Misconceptions
RESEARCH REVIEW Electricity and Magnetism

Among lower secondary pupils, many are slow to adopt the idea of magnetic poles and only gradually come to see magnetic effects in terms of attraction of unlike poles and repulsion of like poles.

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RESEARCH REVIEW Electricity and Magnetism

At lower secondary level, some students begin to think of magnets ‘pulling on’ objects and to be aware of action at a distance.

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RESEARCH REVIEW Electricity and Magnetism

Some younger pupils may associate magnetism with gravity (seeing one as the cause of the other), and/or think that both require the presence of air.

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