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Eddy Currents
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  In this activity related to magnetism and electricity, learners discover that a magnet falls more slowly through a metallic tube than it does through a nonmetallic tube.
  Properties of Metals
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  In this activity, learners explore the properties of metals at four stations. The stations include A) Magnetism and Breakfast Cereal; B) Conductivity of Metals; C) Alloys; and D) Metal Plating.
   
Recycling Rules: Understanding Recycling and a MRF
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  In this activity, learners simulate the separation techniques that materials recovery facilities (MRFs) use and then design their own series of recycling techniques.
   
Magnetic Pendulums
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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.
   
How Do We Convert Mechanical Energy into Electrical Energy?
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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.
   
History of Electricity
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  This is a series of demonstrations about different electrical and magnetic phenomena.
  