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Experiment 1
Magnetism: How can a magnetic field be created and detected?

Purpose/Hypothesis

In this experiment, you will demonstrate the relationship between electricity and magnetism and create and detect magnetic fields. Magnetic fields are all around us and are easy to create. Before you begin, make an educated guess about the outcome of this experiment based on your knowledge of electricity and magnetism. This educated guess, or prediction, is your hypothesisAn idea in the form of a statement that can be tested by observation and/or experiment.. A hypothesis should explain these things:

• the topic of the experiment
• the variable you will change
• the variable you will measure
• what you expect to happen

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1. Introduction
2. What is electricity?
3. How can electricity create a magnet?
4. Electromagnetic waves are everywhere
5. Experiment 1 - Magnetism: How can a magnetic field be created and detected?
6. Experiment 2 - Electromagnetism: How can an electromagnet be created?
7. Design Your Own Experiment