Magnetism

Learning Targets

• Explain how magnetic poles affect each other.

• Describe the magnetic field in the space around a magnet.

• Describe how magnetic fields are produced.

• Describe how to make a permanent magnet.

• Describe the magnetic field produced by a current carrying wire.

• Recognize that moving electric charges produce magnetic forces and moving magnets produce electric forces.

• Recognize that the interplay of electric and magnetic forces is the basis for electric motors and generators.

• Interpret and apply Faraday's law and Maxwell's counterpart to Faraday's law.

• Distinguish between an electromagnet and electromagnetic induction.

Printable Learning Targets

Textbook Pages: 165 - 184, 188 - 189

Reading Essentials Pages: 101 - 114