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A hands on workshop where students experience electricity and magnetism first-hand.

See 100,000 volts discharged in a flash and conduct electricity through the palm of your hand - a 'hair raising' experience!
Predict the movement of magnets.
What does electrical resistance look like?
Can you solve the electricity puzzles?
Race super magnets through conductors!

The workshop covers static and current electricity, magnetic repulsion and attraction, electromagnetism, simple circuits and renewable energies.

Create a Buzz - Hands On

Hands on Activities

Bumper Cars Magnetic North and South Poles in a different way!
Van de Graf hair rise Opposite charges attract, like charges repel...
Magnetic Fields  Observe the iron shapes formed by the magnet
Levitating Larry  Why can you make him float?
Circuit Constructor Can you make the bulb light up? What about the buzzer?
Skill Tester Guide your loop along the wire. Don’t be the switch!
Hand Generator Create a buzz with the hand driven dynamo!
Traffic Light Make all of the lights turn on in this electronic puzzle.
Resist the flow What does electrical resistance look like?
Electric Fleas Create a static charge to make them move!
Magnetic Mayhem  Place all of the magnetic balls on the square. Good luck!
Sweaty hands There is salt in sweat? Does salt conduct electricity?
The Pendulum Predict which way the magnet will swing
Is it Iron? Discover which materials are attracted to magnets
Electromagnets Make a magnet turn on and off
Lemon Clock Make a clock turn on with fruit power!
Finding North Use the magnet to show where north is
Magnet Racing Race the supermagnets down the tubes, which will win?
Twisted TV How do magnetic fields affect electrical appliances?

 
Requirements

- Appropriate for Years 3 to 6 with a maximum of 30 students per class

- Access to 3 electrical power sockets and 12 tables. Chairs are not required.

- Duration 60 minutes, set up time 45 minutes and pack up time 45 minutes

Cost

- $180 inc. GST for 1 class.
- - This performance can also be viewed as a LIVE web conference anywhere in the world! The cost for video conference sessions are $110 inc. GST and can be arranged with our office.

For schools outside of Sydney please contact us to discuss how this workshop can visit your school as part of a regional visit

Unlike others we don't charge per student as we know that this causes an additional administrative load on your school office. Most schools tend to fill the workshops based on our recommended maximum number of students. If you have any questions please contact us.

Electromagnets
Static charges built up by a Van de Graff Generator
Lenz's Law apparatus

- This performance can also be viewed as a LIVE web conference anywhere in the world!

Specific Outcomes

Physical Phenomena:

PP S2.4:

- identifies various forms and sources of energy and devises systems that use energy.
...devises fair tests with assistance to determine which materials are/are not attracted by magnets...

PP S3.4
- identifies and applies processes involved in manipulating, using and changing the form of energy.
... determines, records and reports on the conditions necessary for an electrical circuit
... devises a fair test to find out which materials conduct electricity most effectively

Learning processes: INV ES2.7, INV S3.7
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