TANMS/MESA Electromagnetism Unit 1: Fundamental Knowledge of Electricity and Magnetism

By TANMS UCLA

University of California, Los Angeles

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This unit consists of several downloads. The entire unit is available as a zip download. A README file is available as an Adobe PDF document or Microsoft Word document. Please see the README for a description of all component with in the unit.

Lesson Plan

  1. Introduction to Electricity | Lessons 1–4
    Time: 2-3 weeks (720 minutes)
    • 1.1: History of Electricity
      A brief overview of the history of electricity and early applications and ramifications it had on human history.
    • 1.2: Electrostatics and the Electric Field
      Introduce the basics of electrostatics to the students. Students should become familiar with interactions between point charges and electric fields.
    • 1.3: Electrodynamics
      Introduce basics of electrodynamics, students should become familiar with current interactions.
    • 1.4: Basic Circuits
      Introduce basics of circuits, students should become familiar with Ohm’s law and know the differences between serial and parallel circuits.
  2. Introduction to Magnetism | Lessons 5–9
    Time: 1-2 weeks (360 minutes)
    • 1.5: History of Magnetism
      Explore the history of magnetism and its origin from an atomic perspective.
    • 1.6: History of Magnetism [continued]
    • 1.7: Magnetic Fields
      Introduce the concepts of magnetic fields. Student should be able to visualize magnetic field directions and know the differences between magnetic fields and magnetic flux.
    • 1.8: Magnetizing and Demagnetizing Metals
      Show the common methods of magnetization and demagnetization.
    • 1.9: History of Electromagnetism
      Students learn the history of how the two previous fields were unified into a single theory by Maxwell and his contemporaries. This lesson includes demonstrations showing how significant discoveries in electromagnetism were occurred in chronological order.
  3. Electricity and Magnetism Together | Lessons 10–12
    Time: 1 week (280 minutes)
    • 1.10: Using Electricity to make Magnets
      [Lessons 10 and 11 are in the same file] Expand on the concept of magnetic field generation from a moving charge. Students be introduced to the right-hand rule and Lorentz force.
    • 1.11: Making Electromagnets
    • 1.12: Quantifying the strength of your Electromagnet
      This enrichment activity serves as a follow-up to the hands-on activity on creating electromagnet; students engage in a short competition that requires them to test the strength of their electromagnets.
  4. Magnetic Induction | Lessons 13–15
    Time: 1-2 weeks (480 minutes)
    • 1.13: Introduction to Induction
      Explore the history of induction and its applications.
    • 1.14: Introduction to Faraday’s Law
      Students are familiarized with the basic principles governing this phenomenon.
    • 1.15: Building a Simple Induction Model
      Students learn how to build a simple induction model to become familiar with the basic principles of induction.
  5. Generators and Magnetic Breaking | Lessons 16 –18
    Time: 1 week (240 minutes)
    • 1.16: Magnetic Breaking and Levitation (AC and DC Generators)
      Explore the history behind the development of AC and DC Generators as well as the physics behind their modern design.
    • 1.17: Introduction to the Concept of Magnetic Fields
      Students should become able to visualize the field direction and know the difference between B and H fields.
    • 1.18: Building and Testing a Generator
      Students design a clean energy generator and are tasked with designing a generator to power a series of LED light bulbs.

Credits

Translational Application of Nanoscale Multiferroics (TANMS)
Engineering Research Center (ERC)

TANMS ERC Leadership Team

University of California, Los Angeles

  • Rick Ainsworth
  • Jane Chang
  • Maria del Pilar O’Cadiz

Mathematics Engineering Science and Math (MESA) Curriculum Specialist

University of California Office of the President’

MESA Programs Curriculum Specialist, UC Riverside

  • Carlos Gonzalez

High School Teachers

  • Nicole Ciccarello
  • Veronica Galang
  • Lyn Genota
  • Daniel Pilloff

TANMS ERC Graduate Students

  • Adrian Acosta
  • Cai Chen
  • Victor Estrada
  • Kevin Fitzell
  • Malcom Jackson
  • Matthew McIntosh
  • Shreya Patel
  • Michael Sheng
  • Stephen Sasaki
  • Maggie Xiao

Cite this work

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

  • TANMS UCLA (2023), "TANMS/MESA Electromagnetism Unit 1: Fundamental Knowledge of Electricity and Magnetism," https://nanohub.org/resources/37267.

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Tags

  1. electromagnetic fields
  2. electromagnetics
  3. magnets/magnetics
  4. TANMS