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Magnet Madness

These activities provide a quick, engaging set of tasks designed to demonstrate theories related to the use of magnets, such as electromagnetic induction, chaos theory and magnetic fields. Although mainly designed as science activities, they could also be used as an introduction to power generation or the potential uses of magnets in Design and Technology and Engineering projects.

This resource was produced by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) with the support and participation of the School of Engineering at Cardiff University

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