Easy genius science projects with electricity and magnetism
Subtitle: great experiments and ideas
By: Robert Gardner.
Series: Easy genius science projects
Publisher: Enslow Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Berkeley Heights, NJ
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780766029231
Subjects: Electricity -- Experiments -- Juvenile literature; Magnetism -- Experiments -- Juvenile literature; Science projects -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Juvenile literature
Description: "Science projects and experiments about electricity and magnetism"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Electricity: a first look with early scientists; title: William Gilbert and static electricity; title: Benjamin Franklin and static electricity; title: Inducing charge; title: Detecting charge: an electroscope; title: Magnetism: a first look with early scientists; title: Magnets, compasses, and poles; title: magnets, magnetic matter, and nonmagnetic matter; title: Our magnetic earth; title: Make a magnet or two; title: Magnetic dip; title: A magnetic field; title: Electric cells, batteries, circuits, currents; title: Volts, and amps; title: Volta's battery: a voltaic pile; title: Making a battery from electric cells; title: A simple electric circuit: bulb, wire, and d-cell; title: Another circuit: bulb, bulb holder, wires, battery, and meters; title: A series circuit and a parallel circuit; title: A lemon cell; title: A LED; title: Electrical resistance; title: Electrical resistance and meters; title: Electrical resistance and a rheostat; title: Electrical resistance, a short circuit, and a fuse; title: Electrical resistance and copper plating; title: Contains ideas for a science fair; title: Electricity and magnetism; title: Oersted's discovery and Ampere's rule; title: Ampére, a galvanometer, and electric meters; title: Ampére and magnetic forces on side-by-side electric currents; title: Magnets from an electric currents; title: An electromagnet; title: Conductors and nonconductors; title: Curie point; title: Faraday, electric motors, and generators; title: The motor principle: the force on a current in a magnetic field; title: A simple electric motor; title: Electricity from magnets: electromagnetic induction; title: A motor as a generator; title: Check your family's electric bill and the wattage of appliances.