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Faraday's Electromagnetic Lab
Play with a bar magnet and coils to learn about Faraday's law. Move a bar magnet near one or two coils to make a light bulb glow. View the magnetic field lines. A meter shows the direction and magnitude of the current. View the magnetic field lines or use a meter to show the direction and magnitude of the current. You can also play with electromagnets, generators and transformers!
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Teaching Resources
Main Topics
- Faraday's Law
- Magnetic Field
- Magnets
Sample Learning Goals
- Predict the direction of the magnetic field for different locations around a bar magnet and an electromagnet.
- Compare and contrast bar magnets and electromagnets.
- Identify the characteristics of electromagnets that are variable and what effects each variable has on the magnetic field's strength and direction.
- Relate magnetic field strength to distance quantitatively and qualitatively.
- Identify equipment and conditions that produce induction.
- Compare and contrast how both a light bulb and voltmeter can be used to show characteristics of the induced current.
- Predict how the current will change when the conditions are varied.
Tips for Teachers
The teacher's guide (pdf) contains tips created by the PhET team.
Teaching Ideas
You can submit your own ideas and activities.
Translated Versions:
| Language | Language (Translated) | Simulation Title | ||
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| Albanian | shqipe | Eksperimenti Virtual i Efektit Elektromagnetik të Faraday-t | Run Now | |
| Arabic | العربية | مختبر فراداي للمغناطيس الكهربائي | Run Now | |
| Armenian | Armenian | Ֆարադեյի Էլեկտրամագնիսական լաբարատորիան | Run Now | |
| Basque | Basque | Faradayren Laborategi elektromagnetikoa | Run Now | |
| Bosnian | Bosnian | Fаrаdejevа elektromаgnetnа lаborаtorijа | Run Now | |
| Brazilian Portuguese | português (Brasil) | Laboratório de Eletromagnetismo de Faraday | Run Now | |
| Bulgarian | български | Електромагнитна лаборатория на Майкъл Фарадей | Run Now | |
| Catalan | català | Laboratori Electromagnètic de Faraday | Run Now | |
| Chinese - Simplified | 中文 (中国) | 法拉第电磁感应实验 | Run Now | |
| Chinese - Traditional | 中文 (台灣) | 法拉第的電磁實驗室 | Run Now | |
| Croatian | hrvatski | Faradayeva elektromagnetska indukcija | Run Now | |
| Czech | čeština | Faradayova elektromagnetická laboratoř | Run Now | |
| Danish | Dansk | Faradays elektromagnetiske laboratorie. | Run Now | |
| Dutch | Nederlands | Faraday's Elektromagnetisch Lab | Run Now | |
| Estonian | Eesti | Faraday elektromagnetlabor | Run Now | |
| Finnish | suomi | Faraday'n sähkömagneettinen laboratorio | Run Now | |
| French | français | Labo d'électromagnétisme de Faraday | Run Now | |
| Galician | Gallegan | Lab Lei de Faraday | Run Now | |
| Georgian | Georgian | ფარადეის ელექტრომაგნიტური ლაბორატორია | Run Now | |
| German | Deutsch | Faradays Elektromagnetisches Labor | Run Now | |
| Greek | Ελληνικά | Εργαστήριο Ηλεκτρομαγνητισμού Faraday | Run Now | |
| Haitian | Haitian | Laboratwa Elektromayetik Faraday la | Run Now | |
| Hebrew | עברית | מעבדת האלקטרומגנטיות של פרדיי | Run Now | |
| Hungarian | magyar | Faraday elektromágneses laboratóriuma | Run Now | |
| Indonesian | Bahasa Indonesia | Laboratorium Elektromagnetik Faraday | Run Now | |
| Italian | italiano | Laboratorio elettromagnetico di Faraday | Run Now | |
| Japanese | 日本語 | ファラデーの電磁石研究所 | Run Now | |
| Kannada | Kannada | ಫಾರಡೆಯ ವಿದ್ಯುತ್ ಕಾಂತ ಲ್ಯಾಬ್ | Run Now | |
| Khmer | Khmer | មន្ទីរពិសោធន៍អេឡិចត្រូម៉ាញេទិចរបស់ផារ៉ាដេ | Run Now | |
| Korean | 한국어 | 패러데이의 전자기 실험 | Run Now | |
| Lao | Lao | ຫ້ອງທົດລອງ ແມ່ເຫຼັກໄຟຟ້າ ຂອງ ທ່ານ ແຟຣາເດ | Run Now | |
| Latvian | Latviešu | Faradeja elektromagnētiskā laboratorija | Run Now | |
| Lithuanian | Lietuvių | Faradėjaus elektromagnetinė labaratorija | Run Now | |
| Macedonian | македонски | Фарадеева Електромагнетна лабораторија | Run Now | |
| Marathi | Marathi | फॅरेडेची विद्युतचुंबकीय प्रयोगशाळा | Run Now | |
| Persian | Persian | آزمایشگاه الکترومغناطیسی فارادی | Run Now | |
| Polish | polski | Elektromagnetyczne laboratorium Pana Faradya | Run Now | |
| Portuguese | português | Laboratório de Eletromagnetismo | Run Now | |
| Romanian | română | Laboratorul Electromagnetic al lui Faraday | Run Now | |
| Russian | русский | Электромагнитная лаборатория Фарадея | Run Now | |
| Serbian | Српски | Фарадејева електромагнетна лабораторија | Run Now | |
| Slovak | Slovenčina | Faradayove magnetické laboratórium | Run Now | |
| Slovenian | Slovenščina | Faradayev elektromagnetni laboratorij | Run Now | |
| Spanish | español | Laboratorio electromágnetico de Faraday | Run Now | |
| Spanish (Peru) | español (Perú) | Laboratorio Electromagnético de Faraday | Run Now | |
| Swedish | svenska | Faradays labb om elektromagnetism | Run Now | |
| Thai | ไทย | การทดลองแม่เหล็กไฟฟ้าของฟาราเดย์ | Run Now | |
| Turkish | Türkçe | Faraday Elektromanyetik Lab. | Run Now | |
| Turkmen | Turkmen | Faradeýiň Elektromagnit Labaratoriýasy | Run Now | |
| Ukrainian | українська | Лабораторія електромагнітизму | Run Now | |
| Vietnamese | Tiếng Việt | Phòng thí nghiêm điện từ của FARADAY | Run Now |
Software Requirements
| Windows | Macintosh | Linux |
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Microsoft Windows
XP/Vista/7 Sun Java 1.5.0_15 or later |
OS 10.5 or later
Sun Java 1.5.0_19 or later |
Sun Java 1.5.0_15 or later |
Credits
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