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Target Audience:
11th and 12th grade Physics course
Objectives:
Students Will Be Able To:
• Observe magnetism and electricity interacting.
• Make predictions as to the relationship between electricity and magnetism.
• Describe magnetic situations using the hand rules.
Standards Assessed:
New York State Standards in Physics
4.1 Observe and describe transmission of various forms of energy.
xv. map the magnetic field of a permanent magnet, indicating the direction of the field between
the N (north-seeking) and S (south-seeking) poles
4.1j Energy may be stored in electric* or magnetic fields. This energy may be transferred
through conductors or space and may be converted to other forms of energy.
4.1k Moving electric charges produce magnetic fields. The relative motion between a conductor
and a magnetic field may produce a potential difference in the conductor.
5.1 Students can explain and predict different patterns of motion of objects (e.g., linear and uniform
circular motion, velocity and acceleration, momentum and inertia).
5.1t Gravitational forces are only attractive, whereas electrical and magnetic forces can be
attractive or repulsive.
Misconception(s) Addressed:
• Magnetic fields behave the same as • Magnetic field lines start at one pole
electric fields and end at the other.
• North and south magnetic poles are • Poles can be isolated.
the same as positive and negative • Flux is the same as field lines.
charges. • Flux is actually the flow of the
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Necessary Preparation:
COPIES
MATERIALS
• Computer/projector
• MIT hand rule examples (on paper or projected)
SET UP
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Lesson Plan
Procedure:
“Now we are going to explore how you can create magnetic fields using electricity. First, let’s look at some
demonstrations of how magnets and electricity might interact.”
As students watch each of the following videos (or demonstrations if you are able to do them), have them
predict what is happening in the video.
• Two wires: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43AeuDvWc0k&feature=related
• Lorentz Force on single wire: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_X8jKqZVwoI&feature=related
• Solenoid Electromagnet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9d3GOXnDm8&feature=related
• Eddy Current: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kgigante/3513045264/
“We can figure out which direction the magnetic field, current, and forces face by using the ‘Right and Left
Hand Rules’.”
“This means the rules for protons can be illustrated by your right hand and for electrons by your left hand. The
Left Hand Rule is more useful since we study the movement of electrons, but many older textbooks and college
courses only use the Right Hand Rule, so I want you to be familiar with it.”
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Have everyone stick their right hand out in front as if they are going to shake someone’s hand. Everyone’s
fingers should be extended and thumbs should be outstretched in a perpendicular direction, you can then
explain:
“We can connect these hand rules to the force equation from yesterday since they both show that the force, the
magnetic field, and the current/velocity of a charge are all perpendicular to each other.”
Resources:
• Pictures: http://physicsed.buffalostate.edu/SeatExpts/resource/rhr/rhr.htm
• Examples: “Practice Right Hand Rule #1” from http://ocw.mit.edu
Extension Activity:
Have students begin or complete homework in class.
Assessment:
• Student discussions and questions.
• Student responses to hand rule examples.
Resources:
• Pictures: http://physicsed.buffalostate.edu/SeatExpts/resource/rhr/rhr.htm
• Examples: “Practice Right Hand Rule #1” from http://ocw.mit.edu
• Two wires: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43AeuDvWc0k&feature=related
• Lorentz Force on single wire: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_X8jKqZVwoI&feature=related
• Solenoid Electromagnet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9d3GOXnDm8&feature=related
• Eddy Current: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kgigante/3513045264/
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