Electromagnets

Can electricity be used to create a magnetic field?

Guiding Question: How can we combine electricity and magnets to do work/transfer energy?

Unlike a permanent magnet, the strength of an electromagnet can easily be changed by changing the amount of electric current that flows through it. An electromagnet works because an electric current produces a magnetic field.

PHENOMENON

Can objects become magnetized, or are only certain materials magnetic?”

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