Easy genius science projects with electricity and magnetism : great experiments and ideas

Gardner, Robert 1929- (Author).

Summary: "Science projects and experiments about electricity and magnetism"--Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 0766029239
ISBN: 9780766029231
Physical Description: 128 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
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Publisher: Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow Publishers, c2009.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Electricity: a first look with early scientists -- William Gilbert and static electricity -- Benjamin Franklin and static electricity -- Inducing charge -- Detecting charge: an electroscope -- Magnetism: a first look with early scientists -- Magnets, compasses, and poles -- magnets, magnetic matter, and nonmagnetic matter -- Our magnetic earth -- Make a magnet or two -- Magnetic dip -- A magnetic field -- Electric cells, batteries, circuits, currents -- Volts, and amps -- Volta's battery: a voltaic pile -- Making a battery from electric cells -- A simple electric circuit: bulb, wire, and d-cell -- Another circuit: bulb, bulb holder, wires, battery, and meters -- A series circuit and a parallel circuit -- A lemon cell -- A LED -- Electrical resistance -- Electrical resistance and meters -- Electrical resistance and a rheostat -- Electrical resistance, a short circuit, and a fuse -- Electrical resistance and copper plating -- Contains ideas for a science fair -- Electricity and magnetism -- Oersted's discovery and Ampere's rule -- Ampére, a galvanometer, and electric meters -- Ampére and magnetic forces on side-by-side electric currents -- Magnets from an electric currents -- An electromagnet -- Conductors and nonconductors -- Curie point -- Faraday, electric motors, and generators -- The motor principle: the force on a current in a magnetic field -- A simple electric motor -- Electricity from magnets: electromagnetic induction -- A motor as a generator -- Check your family's electric bill and the wattage of appliances.