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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
This performance is authorised through the
Performances for Schools program, managed by the NSW Department of Education & Training.
Hands on Activities

Bumper Cars Magnetic North and South Poles in a different way!
Van de Graff 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 applicances?
 
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

- $165 inc. GST for 1 class.
Electromagnets
Static charges built up by a Van de Graff Generator
Lenz's Law apparatus
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

- 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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