Videos
Watch a historical documentary on the man whose last name designates the unit of a magnetic field.
https://vimeo.com/73905285
Watch how the top 100 discoveries of physics shaped our world….this movie will keep you mesmerized from beginning to end.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bpid0LBTqWg
How does a lightning bolt form? Now’s the time to find out how, why, where, when and what these monsters of electricity strike.
Games and Tools
Tour the spectrum with this PBS summary of what constitutes the electromagnetic spectrum.
Check out the most unusual and original magnets in the world…it’ll make you wanna re-decorate the entire fridge.
How well do you understand the laws of electricity? Fight through a maze of electrical traps and show off what you’ve learned in this module.
How well do you understand the laws of magnetism? Test out your magnetic abilities by catching falling, repelling and attracting magnets.
Articles
Read Einstein’s original paper on special relativity and electrodynamics, deemed miraculous in 1905.
Flip through an article in Astronomy that describes the processes of how the Earth’s magnetic field flips, and the consequences of its flipping.
Peruse an article from SPIE about why our magnificent star sometimes chooses to act like a death star.