Arkansas Conference on Teaching

 

Attractive Science,

Inquiry Learning Tools

for Chemistry and Magnetism

 

Paul Doherty, Jill Johnsen

Jill Johnsen's activities on Chemistry

Electrostatics

Flying Hydra Levitate plastic using electric repulsion (Flying Hydra pdf)

Tape Electroscope(short) Find the sign of an electric charge (Tape Electroscope pdf)

Long version with images (Tape Electroscope pdf)

Magnetism

Where's North, using magnets as compasses. (Where's North pdf)

Magnetic Poles, attraction and repulsion of magnetic poles. (Magnetic Poles pdf)

Magnetic Globe The magnetism of the Earth. (Magnetic Globe pdf)

Silent Collisions, Collide magnets without having them touch. (Silent Collisions pdf)

 Reception

Head Harp, Wrap your head in string and listen to the pitch of the string when you pluck it.

 String Crossing, Stretch a string in front of you. What do you see an X or a V?

Scientific Explorations with Paul Doherty

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30 Oct 2006