Magnets Web Links

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

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

http://www.tooter4kids.com/Magnets/Index.htm 
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://ksnn.larc.nasa.gov/k2/s_magnetsWork.html 
This site presents a very simple video, geared towards children in grades 1-2, explaining how magnets work. In addition, activities demonstrating the force and strength of magnets are provided.

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

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

http://galileo.rice.edu/sci/gilbert.html 
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://www.smith.edu/hsc/museum/ancient_inventions/compass2.html 
This web site describes the history of the compass.