Magnetism Live Class

Relationship Between Electricity and Magnetism

​Learning Objectives

-Understand how electricity and magnetism work together.

Can anyone attempt to explain what this is?!

​

What in the world is an electromagnet?

Word Cloud

Do you think you could build an electromagnet with some household items?

List one household item that could work!

Draw

Circle 3 items from the picture that you think we could use in order to create an electromagnet

​If you circled the copper wire, battery, and iron nail, you were correct!

​If you didn't...... unfortunately, you were incorrect.

​How powerful do you think electromagnets are?

​Do you think Mr. Rottet will be able to use his incredible electromagnet to pick up the following items?


1. Staple
2. Paperclip
3. Nut
4. The largest dump truck in the world

​How can we make our electromagnet more powerful?

Word Cloud

Think of a place where you think electromagnets would be useful.

​So.... What did we learn?

1. -Whenever we have an electric current, we automatically have magnetism being generated.

2. If we take a magnet and run it along a wire, we are generating electricity!!

Magnetism Gimkit