Magnets Web Links

 

Our writers recommended these independent websites as background information and content supplements for the Magnets lessons.

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Background Information on Magnets

This site provides background information on magnets and magnetism, including how magnets were discovered and information about the compass. ( http://www.sciencetech.technomuses.ca/english/schoolzone/Information_Magnetic.cfm )

Magnets

This site presents basic information about magnets as well as information on the history of magnets. Also included on this site are magnet poems, fun facts about magnets, and information on how to make a magnet. ( http://www.tooter4kids.com/Magnets/Index.htm )

Magnet Man

This web site provides extensive background information about magnets and magnetism. In addition, numerous experiments dealing with everything from the attractive and repulsive forces of magnets to magnetic levitation are highlighted. ( http://www.coolmagnetman.com/  )

How Maglev Trains Work

This web site explains how magnetic levitation trains work. ( http://science.howstuffworks.com/maglev-train.htm  )

How Electromagnets Work

This web site explains how electromagnets work. ( http://science.howstuffworks.com/electromagnet.htm )

William Gilbert

This web site offers background information on William Gilbert, the physician credited with discovering that the earth has the characteristics of a giant magnet. ( http://galileo.rice.edu/sci/gilbert.html  )

Compass China

This web site describes the history of the compass. ( http://www.smith.edu/hsc/museum/ancient_inventions/compass2.html )