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Test if the number of turns of wire will affect the amount of electricity in a circuit (induction).
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Build a simple telegraph set?
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Middle School - Grades 7-9
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How do speakers work? Build Your Own Loudspeaker.
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Determining the relationship between torque and mass lifted by an electric motor.
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Electromagnetic Propulsion System for Magnetic-Levitation Train
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Can a Motor Act Like a Generator, and How Efficiently?
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Demonstrate how electromagnetism can be used to create an electric motor.
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The Effect of Temperature on the Strength of an Electromagnet
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Picture the shape of the field around an electromagnet.
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What are electromagnetic bombs (E-bombs)?
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Does electromagnetising a magnet, increase or decrease the power of the magnet?
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How Does Coil Shape and Magnet Placement Affect the Rotations of a Simple Motor?
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Make a rail gun using a homopolar motor and do different tests to see what factors affect its performance.
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Build a simple wireless telegraph system.
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Build and demonstrate a levitated train (Maglev) and explain how it works.
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Will Magnetic Levitation Help Reduce Friction?
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Do electromagnetic fields affect plant growth?
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Build your own galvanometer
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Demonstrate Lenz's Law
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Build a small dynamometer that could measure the output power, torque, and RPM of a HO scale slot car.
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High School - Grades 10-12
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Make an electric motorboat for 5 meter rain gutter drag races
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Stepper Motor and Controller Projects and Experiments
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Research WiTricity.
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Determine if Electromagnetic fields (EMFs) can be prevented by products that claim to prevent EMFs.
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Ampère's law related experiments
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Compare the performance between pre-wrapped and hand wrapped magnetic coils with lower inductance.
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Build a simple wireless telegraph system.
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Demonstrate how electromagnetism can be used to create an electric motor.
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Build and investigate a reed switch motor
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Use electromagnetic forces in a coil to propel a projectile
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Discover how electromagnetic radiation flows through open air, empty vacuum, helium and argon.
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Useful Links
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Science Fair Projects Resources
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Electricity Basics
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Battery & Cell Background
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Electricity & Electronics Inventions and Discoveries
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Citation Guides, Style Manuals, Reference
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Electrical Safety
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Electricity Science Fair Projects Books
    
    
    
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