Heathside School

ELECTRO-MAGNETS

On the 2 school entries for the Microsoft 1998 Road Ahead Prize

A YEAR 8 INTERNET PROJECT

WHAT AFFECTS THE STRENGTH OF ELECTRO-MAGNETS?

NOTES ON THIS PROJECT + INDEX	HYPOTHESIS AND INVESTIGATIONS	INFORMATION ON ELECTROMAGNETS	KEY STAGE QUIZ ON ELECTRO- MAGNETS
HOT LINKS TO RELEVANT SITES ON THE WEB!	E-MAIL OUR SITE WITH YOUR RESULTS	HOW TO WRITE UP INVESTIGATIONS	FURTHER IDEAS AND PROJECTS

This web-site was produced by Year 8 pupils from Heathside School in Weybridge, Surrey.

It includes some assessment experiments on electromagnets on which you can learn, compare and contrast with your own work. We have further informative articles on the importance of electromagnets and Hot-Links to other web-sites that you may find interesting and helpful.

As well as being educational there is also an element of fun with our multiple choice ‘Quiz’. You are taught how to build an electromagnet therefore enabling you to create your own experiments and gadgets. If you do produce a gadget or follow our experiments, you can send the results to our site so we can compare results.

We include information not only for pupils, but for teachers too. We can show you the construction of how to make a good investigation. We have a marking scheme for all Key Stage 3 investigations with examples to help you.

Thanks to Keda, Sophie, Simon, Dominic and David , all Year 8 Heathside Pupils who developed this site.

Miss Abbie Walton and her year 8 Science class who provided the data.

Mr Steve Walls who helped pupils construct the site.