Electricity & Magnetism

During this unit of study student will learn about Magnets:

• earth acting like a magnet
• north & south poles
• materials that attract to magnets
• static electricity

Videos:

Magnets & Electromagnets

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/videos/physics/magnets.html

Magnets - 

http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/kids/cartoons-tv-movies-kids/i-didnt-know-that-kids/idkt-magnets-kids/

Watch this video on Discovery Education 

Electricity & Magnetism: The Magic of Magnets (17min)

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http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=6E4A4FFF-3D1E-49CB-8E50-C7F28DB244FB

Getting to Know Electricity (15 min)

http://app.discoveryeducation.com/search?Ntt=electricity&N=18341&N=4294939055

http://app.discoveryeducation.com/search?Ntt=electricity&N=4294939055

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Watch this BIll Nye the Science Guy video on Static Electricity by clicking on the link below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4tOkUpKKqo

We will also learn many concepts about Electricity:

• insulators & conductors
• series & parallel circuits
• incandescent & fluorescent light bulbs
• how a power plant works
• where electricity comes from

Renewable Energy - Internet Research (click here)

• http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/