top picks
Detailed practical instructions and other notes that explain how to show the shape of the magnetic field around a wire.
Detailed practical instructions and other notes that explain how to make a giant model of a permanent magnet with compasses.
A fun game to revise basic magnetic ideas.
A site to revise magnets, magnetic fields and electromagnets, some interactivity.
An interactive activity on magnetism.
A series of pages about magnets.
This one of the best of the on-line games. A beautiful and simple set of scientific Flash challenges that engage and stimulate. Pupils can play on this for hours and then create their own puzzles to send to their friends.
A Blockbusters quiz about magnets.
A site that revises bar magnets.
A site that revises magnetic fields.
A site that revises using electromagnets in an electric bell.
Students use their knowledge of magnets to play a game
An animation that shows the magnetic field around a magnet and electromagnet and the effect of changing the number of turns and the voltage.