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Leaving Cert Physics: Magnets and Magnetic Fields

Introduction to terrestrial magnetism
Google video - 1:30
3 Star
Introduction to the Northern Lights
Google video - 1:00
3 Star
Magnetic Field Lines
Magnetic Field Patterns for a straight conductor, a coil and a loop. Click on Next each time
4 Star
Magnetic Field of a bar magnet. Drag and click the pointer
4 Star
Magnetic Field of a straight conductor, with moving electrons visible in the conductor
4 Star
Magnetic fields associated with two magnets. You can change orientation of both magnets.
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Click on the 'Bar Magnet' tab.
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Magnetic field due to a solenoid    
The secret lives of invisible magnetic fields Wonderful 5 minute video from vimeo.com !!!! 5 Star
Beautiful illustration of the magnetic field in a levitating train. link YouTube . 1 minute 5 Star
Animation of how magnetic reversals get frozen in the earth's crust From absorblearning.com 4 Star
 
   
Make your own 3-D magnetic field.
From youtube. 5 minutes
5 Star
       
Want to see a levitating frog?
Because Science has never persued a more noble cause. From YouTube. 10 seconds
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Or water being affected by a magnet?
Why not try it out in the classroom. you will need neodynium magnets. From YouTube. 40 seconds
4 Star