Tag Archives for: "Magnetism"

EveryDay Science: Magnetism Part 7

Brian, Bailey and Taylor continue to explore the connections of between electricity and magnetism. In this episode they see how a magnet interacts with moving electrons in a television, and make a simple motor!

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EveryDay Science: Magnetism Part 6

Brian, Bailey and Taylor begin to explore some of the connections between electricity and magnetism.

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EveryDay Science: Magnetism Part 5

Brian and team take a trip back through time to learn about the first people known to have studied magnetism.

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EveryDay Science: Magnetism Part 4

Brian, Taylor and Bailey explore how magnetize and demagnetize magnetic materials. Then they use this to draw with magnetism!

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EveryDay Science: Magnetism Part 3

Magnetic materials like to line up with a magnetic field. Brian, Taylor, and Bailey experiment with steel paperclips and nuts near a super strong magnet.

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EveryDay Science: Magnetism Part 2

Brian, Taylor, and Bailey team up once again to explore some of the basic properties of magnets. All magnets have at least two poles, one north and one south pole. Opposite poles attract each other and like poles repel each other.

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EveryDay Science: Magnetism Part 1

Brian is joined by two young scientists, Bailey and Taylor, from Kinard Elementary School. Together they being to experiment with some magnetic materials including magnetite rocks, iron nails, steel nuts and nickel coins.

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Elementary Science Kits and Teacher Trainings

Little Shop of Physics partnered with Poudre School District (PSD), the Bohemian Foundation and the Rotary Club of Fort Collins to provide kits for every elementary school in the district. Based on teacher feedback, state and local standards, and materials that are already deployed in the classroom, three different types of kits were developed.

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