Newfoundland and Labrador Curriculum - Physics 3204 Unit 2: Fields

Education Services / L’équipe des services d’éducation
3 April 2015

Magnets & MagnetismElectromagnetismMagnetic FieldsElectricityStatic ElectricityElectric FieldsNL CurriculumNewfoundland and Labrador

Addressing Newfoundland and Labrador's Physics 3204 Unit 2: Fields with CurioCity Resources

Newfoundland and Labrador’s Physics 3204 Program of Studies includes a unit about Fields. The following CurioCity resources can help you address outcomes from that unit:

Filter Resources:

Bullying and the Brain Case StudyEducator Resources

In this case study, students will learn how to interpret MRI brain scans and to identify the functional regions (i.e., lobes) of the brain most likely impacted by bullying behaviour. Read More »

Does living near high-voltage power lines cause cancer?Articles with Starting Points

Research seems to indicate that it doesn’t—at least not in the case of childhood leukemia—although it may appear that way at first glance. Read More »

Rare earth minerals: Rising demand and environmental riskArticles with Starting Points

Rare earth minerals have unique properties that are needed to manufacture the tiny internal components in a wide range of electronic devices. Read More »

Dropping Lenz’s law at the amusement parkArticles with Starting Points

Drop Tower rides use an ingenious system based on electromagnetic induction, a system that can be explained using Lenz’s law. Read More »

The Next Generation of TV TechnologyArticles

Without a doubt, television has evolved a great deal since it was invented. Plasma and LCD screens are huge steps forwards but read on to see how the next generation might be going back a... Read More »

What's the Matter with Mass?Articles

It is the drive to find the mystery Higgs Boson which has led to the development of the world's largest nuclear accelerator: the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Read More »

The Science of Debit CardsArticles

Your debit card is more than a flexible piece of plastic. The dark strip on the back of the card actually holds all of the financial data that is associated with that card but how does that... Read More »

Lighting up the NightArticles

Nature's spectacular light show in the sky is solar powered. Read More »

Can Fido find his way home?Articles

If you have seen the movie "Bolt", then you may have wondered if lost pets can really find their way back home. Read More »

Why Earth's Magnetic Shield Matters Videos

The sun has two planets in its Goldilocks zone: the Earth and Mars. The crucial difference: a magnetic field that protects us from the sun’s radiation and makes liquid water - and life -... Read More »

How to Make the World’s Simplest MotorVideos

Hank builds a simple electric motor just powerful enough to make a small screw spin, but also strong enough to blow your mind. Read More »

World's First Electric GeneratorVideos

Using a coil of wire and a magnet, Michael Faraday created the first electric generator almost 140 years ago. Watch this short experiment to learn the principle behind which all electricity is made. Read More »

Magnetic Resonance Imaging ExplainedVideos

Dr D. Bulte from Oxford University's FMRIB (Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain) centre explains the theory underlying today's modern MRI scanners. Easy to understand. Read More »

How Superconducting Levitation WorksVideos

An education video describing how the cool technology of superconductors in magnetic levitation works. Will this be how transportation vehicles may operate in the future?! Read More »

Earth's electromagnetic fieldBackgrounders with Starting Points

Learn about the electromagnetic field of the earth and what it means to us in this Sky Science backgrounder. Read More »

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Backgrounders

One of the most important types of medical imaging technologies is Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). MRI is one of the key ways we see details of tissues inside the body. Unlike Computed... Read More »

Tim Szeto - CEO, Founder of Nano Magnetics Ltd.Career Profiles

Tim's company creates Nanodots to make science, technology, engineering and math approachable, fun and easy to understand! Read More »

Victor Malkov Research Profiles

I am a 2nd year PhD student in Medical Physics. Read More »

How does a superconductor work?Questions & Answers

When a superconductor is cooled, instead of working in solo, electrons travel in pairs. These pairs can move with virtually no resistance, which gives superconductors their special properties. Read More »

Education Services / L’équipe des services d’éducation

This content is provided through Let's Talk Science's Education Services team.

Ce contenu est fourni par l'équipe des services d'éducation de Parlons sciences.



Comments are closed.

Comment