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Home > Educational Outreach > Teacher Tools > Magnetism

Title Subject ExpectedDuration AgeLevel FormatName Whee-Lo TM Gravity, Magnetic Attraction, Rotational Inertia N/A Grades 4-8 Backpack Compass Magnetic Forces N/A Grades 4-8 Backpack Magnadoodle Magnetic Forces and Magnetic Attraction N/A Grades 4-8 Backpack Ring Magnets Magnetic Forces, Magnetic Attraction N/A Grades 4-8 Backpack Magnetic Sculpture Magnetic Forces, Magnetic Fields N/A Grades 4-8 Backpack Plotting Magnetic Fields Lines of Force Approximately 10 minutes Grades 5-8 Classroom Make Your Own Compass Magnetic Field 50 minutes Grades 5-8 Classroom Chaotic Pendulum Magnetic Fields Approximately 7-10 minutes Grades 5-8 Classroom Mystery Magnets Magnetic Fields 30-45 minutes Grades 5-8 Classroom Muscle Magnet Magnetic Force Approximately 10-12 minutes Grades 5-8 Classroom The Magnetometer Test Magnetic Force Approximately 10 minutes Grades 5-8 Classroom Magnet Racing Magnetic Forces 30-45 minutes Grades 5-8 Classroom Permanent Magnet Magnetic Materials and Magnetic Fields Approximately 10 minutes Grades 5-8 Classroom How Magnets Work Magnetism 1-5 hrs. Grades 5-8 Lesson Guide Basic Magnetism to Electromagnets Magentism/Electromagnets 2 minutes 46 seconds Grades 4-8 Video Chaotic Pendulum Magnetism 3 minutes 42 seconds Grades 4-8 Video

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