Magnetism and Electricity

Reading and Materials List

Required Books

• Electricity and Magnetism by Adamczyk and Law

Materials

Common Materials

• paper clips (kit)
• ScienceWiz Electricity
• neodymium bar magnet (kit)
• red & blue bar magnets (kit)
• scissors
• water
• bar magnets (kit)
• small nail (kit)
• marble magnet (kit)
• ring magnet (kit)
• ruler
• small compass (kit)
• thread (kit)
• variety of battery types

Lesson 1

• "Does It Stick?" test items (kit)
• fine-tipped permanent marker* (1.4 - optional)

Lesson 2

• drinking glass
• 2 thick books
• magnetic shields (kit)
• spool of thread (kit)
• transparent tape

Lesson 3

• white paper
• shallow box large enough for a sheet of paper
• iron filings (kit)
• paint of different colors
• paper clips, nails and other magnetic objects
• clear plastic sheet (kit)
• crayons or colored pencils

Lesson 4

• construction paper
• bar of Ivory soap (kit)
• 2 rubber bands (kit)
• glue
• hammer
• pot
• safety goggles
• sewing thread (kit)
• toothpick (kit)
• vise grip or block of wood
• tape

Lesson 5

• Styrofoam cup (kit)
• paper towels
• bowl

Lesson 6

• colored pencils or markers
• timeline

Lesson 8

• flashlight
• journal

Lesson 9

• home magazines and catalogs * (9.1 - Option 2)
• nail
• O-shaped cereal pieces
• plastic comb or balloon (kit)
• 3-foot long copper wire (kit)
• D cell battery (kit)
• tape or glue* (9.1 - Option 1)
• stapler

Lesson 10

• posterboard* (10.2 - Option 1)
• peppermint or wintergreen Life Saver (kit)

Final Project

• hole punch
• construction paper or cardstock paper
• 3 drinking straws (kit)

* - denotes an optional material that may or may not be used