Shows how electricity can be used to make magnets, and presents various applications of electromagnets. Describes the effects of coiling a wire and adding a core, and demonstrates the effect of current direction on polarity. Suitable for upper primary level.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
505686
Language
English
Subject categories
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Science - Study and teaching
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Applied physics
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Electrical currents
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Electromagnetism
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Molecular polarity
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Science - Study and teaching
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)