Understanding Static Electricity and Magnetism

by: John Haysom and Michael Bowen

Predict, Observe, Explain (POE) sequences provide an important way to enhance students' understanding of important scientific ideas. In this chapter, the series of experiments help students understand static electricity and magnetism. The experiments include concepts such as how like charges repel, magnetic lines of force and magnetic fields, magnetic shielding, and the particle theory of magnetism.

Grade Levels

High School Middle School

Topics

Instructional Materials Physical Science

Details

Type Book ChapterPub Date 10/1/2010Stock # PB281X_4

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