Exploring Inductors

Students construct a circuit that produces current in an inductor and use a compass to investigate its properties. They remove the batteries and use a magnet to produce current in the circuit by moving it by the inductor. They experiment to find patterns between how the magnet is moved and the resulting magnitude and direction of the current.

Grade Level: High School

Subject: Physics

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