Resources
Online Vendors with Classroom Supplies
Arbor Scientific http://www.arborsci.com
Edmund Scientifics http://www.scientificsonline.com
Educational Innovations http://www.teachersource.com
Ward’s Natural Scientific http://wardsci.com
Science Kit & Boreal Laboratories http://www.sciencekit.com
1 on 1 School Supplies http://www.1on1schoolsupplies.com/index.html
Home Training Tools http://www.hometrainingtools.com/index.php
The PhysLink eStore http://www.physlink.com/estore
Cow Magnets can be purchased cheapest from pet/farm supply stores:
http://www.petvetsupply.com
http://www.valleyvet.com
http://www.americanlivestock.com
Slaughter houses may also give away recovered magnets.
AC Adapters can be found in most hardware and electronics stores. Make sure they have variable voltage outputs and a connection plug with both terminals on the outside separated by a plastic insulator (submini plug see below).
http://store.yahoo.com/abccables-store/900-032.html
http://www.maxiaids.com/store
http://www.voltageconverters.com
http://www.accessorytown.com/detail.asp?Product_id=F3A114-W#
http://www.acehardware.com
Related Curriculum Materials
Electric Circuits Teacher’s Guide, National Science Resources Center, Carolina Biological Supply Company, Burlington, NC, 2002.
Magnets and Motors, National Science Resources Center, Carolina Biological Supply Company, Burlington, NC, 2002.
Electric Circuits: Inventive Physical Science Activities, Great Explorations in Math and Science (GEMS), Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California at Berkeley, CA, 2004, grades 3-6.
| Electric Circuits: Inventive Physical Science Activities is available at: |
University of California, Berkeley
Great Explorations in Math and Science
Lawrence Hall of Science # 5200
Berkeley, CA 94720-5200 |
Phone: (510) 642-7771, Fax: (510) 643-0309
E-mail: gems@berkeley.edu
Web: http://www.lhsgems.org |
Stop Faking It! Electricity & Magnetism, William Robertson, Science Teachers Association, Arlington, VA, 2004
| Stop Faking It! Electricity & Magnetism is available at: |
NSTA
1840 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, VA 22201-3000 |
Phone: (703) 243-7100
Web: http://store.ntsa.org |
Web Pages
http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/impact
STEREO/IMPACT Education and Public Outreach web page with links to explanations of the science, to other k-12 events or activities, to news about the Sun, and to the IMPACT mission itself
http://sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu/impact
STEREO-IMPACT science website
http://stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov
the STEREO mission website
http://www.nasa.gov
NASA’s web page with links to information on NASA missions and educational materials
http://www.spaceweather.com/glossary/imf.html
Spaceweather.com’s page on the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF)
http://www.agu.org/sci_soc/cowley.html
A guide to Earth’s Magnetosphere.
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/teacher_resources/magnetometer_edu.html&edu=high
K-12 lesson to make a magnetometer
http://my.execpc.com/~rhoadley/magindex.htm
Rick Hoadley’s very extensive web page on magnetism with experiments you can do and many explanations
Exploring Magnetism Lesson Series Guides
- Guides available now -
Available from the Center for Science Education, Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA
and at http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/ExploringMagnetism
Exploring Magnetism
Exploring Magnetism in the Solar Wind
Exploring Magnetism in Solar Flares
- In development as of Spring 2005 -
Exploring Magnetism on Earth
Exploring Magnetism in the Aurorae
Center for Science Education at Space Sciences Laboratory
University of California, Berkeley
7 Gauss Way, MC 7450
Berkeley, CA 94720-7450
Phone: (510) 643-3936, Fax: (510) 643-5660
E-mail: outreach@berkeley.ed
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