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4) Magnetism
Author
Series
Publisher
World Book
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A graphic nonfiction volume that introduces the properties of magnetism. Features include several photographic pages, a glossary, additional resource list, and an index"--
Series
Publisher
Disney Educational Productions
Pub. Date
c2014
Edition
Classroom ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (26 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Bill Nye shows all kinds of unexpected places where magnets can be found. In fact, the Earth itself is a huge magnet! Find out how to make a compass and why opposites attract.
6) The animal
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004.
Edition
Uncut special edition; widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Marvin is a police evidence clerk who dreams of becoming a real cop someday, he answers a 911 call of a burglary in progress. Seeing this as his opportunity to prove he is cut out to be an officer, he races off to the burglary. But enroute Marvin has a freak car accident and awakens to find that a deranged scientist secretly used animal organs to rebuild his broken parts. Then he finds himself falling in love with the sexy Rianna and its animal magnetism...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
410L
Language
English
Formats
Description
From refrigerators to TVs to compasses, science is at work all around us! Magnetism at Work introduces young readers to a physical science concept. A high-impact design and engaging visuals help bring this important concept to life as readers learn all about magnetism in the real world. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Applied to STEM Concepts of Learning Principles.
Author
Language
English
Description
Magnetic Current is a short pamphlet by eccentric sculptor and writer Edward Leedskalnin. Detailing his many experiments with magnets, this work posits that it is not metal itself that is magnetic. Rather, tiny individual magnet particles that circulate in and around the metal give it its pull.
Edward Leedskalnin was born in Latvia in 1887. While his formal education lasted only until 4th grade, he was intensely curious and spent much of his...
Author
Series
Publisher
Enslow Elementary/Enslow Publishers
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Text and hands-on activities present information on electricity and magnetism and explain how motors and generators change one form of energy to another.
Author
Language
English
Description
The reason why things stick to your fridge is because of magnets. In this book, you will read about what magnets are and why they attract the things they do. The first chapter discusses the characteristics of magnets. The second chapter tells you how magnets are made, followed by the types of magnets and their uses in the last chapter. Start reading today.
11) De Magnete
Author
Language
English
Description
Much of modern science is based upon the theories and discoveries of William Gilbert, the brilliant English physician and physicist who was the first great experimental scientist. Gilbert was the first to use the word "electricity," to recognize mass as distinct from weight, to discover the effect of heat upon magnetic bodies, to differentiate clearly between static electricity and magnetism, and to explain phenomena of terrestrial magnetism in terms...
Series
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 25 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Which attractive force propels the launch of Rock n' Roller coaster at Disney's Hollywood Studios? Magnetism! The Walt Disney Imagineers demonstrate how they use magnets of all types throughout Disney's theme parks...Students will learn about the attraction and repulsion of opposite poles, magnetic fields and domains, and electromagnets."
Author
Language
English
Description
Surprising and seemingly impossible effects result from the 40 experiments included in this fascinating science resource all based on real magnetic physics. Each experiment such as using a common refrigerator magnet to create a three-dimensional image or floating a magnet and carbon sheet in midair is outlined with step-by-step instructions and diagrams that illustrate the key concepts of magnetism. Even the most experienced science teacher or at-home...
Author
Language
Français
Description
Le magnétisme est l'un des phénomènes qui a le plus frappé l'imagination de l'homme, au point que ce mot désigne aujourd'hui des réalités très diverses : il s'agit d'abord d'une science fort ancienne et néanmoins toujours d'actualité dont le champ d'application ne cesse de s'étendre ; ensuite, ...
Author
Language
English
Description
Why do compass needles point north-but not quite north? What guides the migration of birds, whales, and fish across the world's oceans? How is Earth able to sustain life under an onslaught of solar wind and cosmic radiation? For centuries, the world's great scientists have grappled with these questions, all rooted in the same phenomenon: Earth's magnetism. Over two thousand years after the invention of the compass, Einstein called the source of...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Hands on Science series provides students with background on key concepts in Science. Each title includes engaging hands on exercises that bring the concepts to life for kids. Real World Science: Electricity and Magnetism, provides information on static electricity, electric current, magnets, and electromagnets
19) Magnetism
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Simple text and full-color photography introduce beginning readers to magnetism. Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through third grade"--
20) Magnets
Author
Publisher
Bearport Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In this book, young readers are instructed in activities to teach them how magnets work"--
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