Electricity/Magnetism Learning Activities
Avantor offers a complete catalogue of instruments and tools useful for demonstrating key, basic concepts of physics that are applicable to everyday life both in and out of the laboratory. Demonstrate core ideas such as acceleration down a plane, friction, potential and kinetic energy, electrical conductivity, magnetic fields, wavelengths and velocity of sound, and more. Durable educational materials are designed for heavy use with consistent levels of handling, and all models are easy to use.
KidWind® simpleGEN Classroom Pack
The simpleGEN is an easy-to-build AC generator that allows students to explore the basics of electrical generator design.
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KidWind® Tower and Base Set
Need a tower for your turbine nacelle? This is the same tower that comes in the Basic Wind Experiment Kit and the Advanced Wind Experiment Kit. The wooden tower has a diameter that fits inside 1-inch PVC fittings.
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KidWind® Wind Turbine Hubs
The hub will press fit onto the shaft of many small DC generators; just attach your own blades and begin experimenting with wind power! The hub is designed to allow you to change blade angles and/or interchange blade sets quickly and easily. An improved stainless-steel insert can take a beating in your classroom year after year without failing!
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Vernier® Analog Breadboard Cable
The Breadboard Cable (Analog) provides an easy way for students to build their own sensor circuitry and input the signal into a Vernier interface for data acquisition.
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Vernier® Interface Shield
The Vernier Arduino Interface Shield plugs directly on top of the Arduino and adds two BTA (analog) and two BTD (digital) sockets. This shield was developed to be used with the SparkFun Arduino RedBoard but will work with the Arduino Uno and other Uno equivalents like the Leonardo. It also works with the Intel Galileo.
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Vernier® Circuit Board 2
The Vernier Circuit Board 2 is a basic electricity lab on a board. The turret terminals for every component make it easy to connect basic series and parallel circuits, examine the behavior of different components, and investigate RLC circuits. The Vernier Circuit Board 2 includes 10 bulbs, a resettable fuse, three powering options, 10 alligator clip leads, terminal clips to add components, and pre-installed components.
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Lenz's Law
The Lenz's Law Kit investigates how much force an induced magnetic field can create.
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Tangent Galvanometer
Measure an electric current by determining the magnitude and direction of the horizontal component of Earth’s magnetic field. Set the compass needle parallel to the coil, pass an unknown current through, and measure the angle of deflection. Features copper magnet wire, adjustable potentiometer, compass, and non-magnetic stand. Required but not included is one D battery.
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Conductors; Set of Three
Made of brass, interchangeable on pillars, fitted with insulators of ebonite on base. Spheres 5cm diameter, Cylinder 12.5 x 5cm diameter, Cone 10 x 5cm length x diameter.
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Condenser Box
This condenser box provides different values of Electrolytic capacitors, ranging from 1μF to 4.7μF. Built on a 8 x 5" plastic box. All these capacitors are of ± 10% tolerance and are of 63 volts working voltage.
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Demonstration Electrophorus
Comprised of a thick plastic base with four rubber feet, along with with an 18cm diameter aluminium plate with an insulating handle.
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Electricity – Propagation of Decimeter Waves Along Lines
Determine and investigate the current and voltage on a Lecher line.
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Free Charge Carriers in a Vacuum – Thomson Tube
Investigate the deflection of electrons.