Magnetism and Static Electricity WebQuest
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8th grade Science
Selinsgrove Area Middle School
N. Sassaman - 2011
Use your textbook along with the online
sources listed in this PowerPoint to answer
the questions in your packet.
Many of the websites repeat the same
information. Use that repetition to help
reinforce your understanding of each topic.
Complete the REVIEW AND REINFORCE
worksheets in your packet as you complete
your WebQuest questions.
Chem4Kids – Atoms all around us:
Teachers Domain – Atomic Structure:
Jefferson Lab – All about atoms:
Tutor Vista – Structure of an atom:
http://www.chem4kids.com/files/atom_intro.html
http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/lsps07_int_theatom/
http://education.jlab.org/atomtour/listofparticles.html
http://www.tutorvista.com/content/chemistry/chemistry-i/atom/atomanimation.php
NDT resource center – Creation of Magnetic
Fields: http://www.ndted.org/EducationResources/HighSchool/Magnetism/fieldcreation.htm
Magnetic fields - It is all related to electricity :
http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/Education/wmfield.html
Just what is Magnetism?:
http://home.interserv.com/~skyblade/wim.htm
NDT resource center – magnetic domain:
http://www.ndted.org/EducationResources/HighSchool/Magnetism/magneticdomain.htm
MagLab - Magnetic
domains http://www.magnet.fsu.edu/education/tutorials/java/domains/i
ndex.html
How magnets work:
Fact Monster – Magnetism:
http://www.howmagnetswork.com/
http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/sci/A0831162.html
Magnetism
(try the Quiz linked from this page):
http://www.mcwdn.org/Physics/Magnetism.html
Magnetic Field lines:
http://www.micro.magnet.fsu.edu/electromag/java/magneticlines/index.html
Engineering Interact – Magnetic forces
module:
http://www.engineeringinteract.org/resources/parkworldplot/flash/concepts/mag
neticforces.htm
The Basics of Magnetism
(quiz at the end):
http://www.school-for-champions.com/science/magnetism.htm
Magnetic Field lines animation (click on links!!):
**Audio Stories – Electricity and Magnetism
http://www.coolmagnetman.com/magmotion.htm
(click on ‘Media’ and ‘Audio Stories’):
http://www.fossweb.com/modules3-6/MagnetismandElectricity/
** need headphones
Review of Magnetism – Rags to Riches game:
http://www.quia.com/rr/80966.html
Fun Games with Magnetism:
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/games/magnetism
Electric and Magnetism Battleship:
http://www.quia.com/ba/95124.html
HowStuffWorks – Electromagnets:
http://www.howstuffworks.com/electromagnet.htm
Electromagnets game:
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/electromagnets/
##Science Bob – make an electromagnet:
http://www.sciencebob.com/experiments/electromagnet.php
## we will do this in our lab! Read it over.
**Interactive lesson on Static Electricity and
Magnetism:
http://www.skoool.ie/content/skoool_learning/junior/lessons/scien
ce/static_electricity/flash/h-frame-ie.htm
##Science made simple – Static electricity:
##Explore static charge
PhET Interactive Simulations – Balloons and
static electricity (interactive - click on ‘Run Now’):
http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/static.html
(interactive):
http://www.classzone.com/books/ml_science_share/vis_sim/emm05_pg7_c
harge/emm05_pg7_charge.html
http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/balloons
Energy story – Resistance and Static Electricity
(scroll down and click on two tabs about static
electricity): http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/chapter03.html
** need headphones
## lab activity
National Geographic – Make Lightning Strike:
http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/naturaldisasters/lightning-interactive/
**Lightning animated video
(the narrator is kind of
scary, but the info is good):
http://www.kidsknowit.com/interactiveeducational-movies/free-online-movies.php?movie=lightning
Static electricity crossword puzzle:
http://www.bcscience.com/bc9/docs/puzzles/section7.2_puzzle/index.html
** need headphones
Magnet Man – Magnet basics
Earth’s magnetic field and magnetosphere:
NOVA - Gallery of Auroras:
Geophysical Institute – FAQ about Aurora:
Video of Aurora Borealis from NASA:
The Van de Graaff Generator
(paramagnetic and
diamagnetic materials):
http://my.execpc.com/~rhoadley/magindex.htm
http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/Magnetosphere/overvi
ew.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/gallery-auroras.html
http://odin.gi.alaska.edu/FAQ/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weathergang/post/video-awesome-aurora-australis-from-international-spacestation/2011/09/22/gIQAfVrinK_blog.html
(static electricity):
http://www.magnet.fsu.edu/education/tutorials/java/vandegraaff/index.html
Be sure to complete the ‘Review and
Reinforce’ worksheets in your packet.
The ‘Enrich’ worksheets are optional, but
great information to learn about.