Electricity and Magnetism Experiments

About this ebook

What you will learn

Eighteen safe experiments with cells, bulbs, wires and magnets, each with clear steps and an observation table to fill in. Make a conductor tester, switches, a torch, an electromagnet, a compass, a simple motor and a lemon battery, see magnetic field lines, repeat Oersted's famous experiment, and understand fuses and static electricity.

Who it is for

Students of class 5 to 10.

Chapters

Contents

1. Chapter 1: Safety and your experiment kit
2. Chapter 2: Circuits, conductors and insulators
3. Chapter 3: Series and parallel circuits
4. Chapter 4: Switches and a torch
5. Chapter 5: Magnets and magnetic fields
6. Chapter 6: Electricity makes magnetism
7. Chapter 7: A simple electric motor
8. Chapter 8: Electricity from a lemon
9. Chapter 9: The heating effect and fuses
10. Chapter 10: Static electricity

Inside

At the end of the book

• Practice questions. To check what you have learnt, with the answers after them.
• Glossary. The key words of the book, each explained in one sentence.
• Easy English. Short sentences and everyday words, with each new word explained the first time.

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