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In this activity, learners make an electromagnet motor to demonstrate the most basic method of changing electrical energy into mechanical energy.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 14 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners use a compass, powerful magnet, and copper magnet wire to build a special generator known as a dynamo.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 11 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners can observe chaotic motion. A magnet tied to a piece of string makes a pendulum, which swings over three sets of fixed magnets.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 14 - adult 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners use a pencil, magnets, and mat board to illustrate Newton's Second Law.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 11 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity best suited as a demonstration, learners observe that when a piece of iron gets too hot, it loses its ability to be magnetized.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 11 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity and demonstration about electricity and magnetism, learners observe how the current generated when one copper coil swings through a magnetic field starts a second coil swinging.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 18 10 to 30 minutes